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- Group 1Lycophytes, Monilophytes
- Group 2Gymnosperms
- Group 3Monocots
- Group 4Woody angiosperms with opposite or whorled leaves
- Group 5Woody angiosperms with alternate leaves
- Group 6Herbaceous angiosperms with inferior ovaries
- Group 7Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries and zygomorphic flowers
- Group 8Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries, actinomorphic flowers, and 2 or more distinct carpels
- Group 9Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries, actinomorphic flowers, connate petals, and a solitary carpel or 2 or more connate carpels
- Group 10Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries, actinomorphic flowers, distinct petals or the petals lacking, and 2 or more connate carpels
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- Eriocaulaceae
Eriocaulaceae
This family contains exactly one genus, Eriocaulon.
See list of 2 species in this genusReference: Kral (2000a).
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1a. Inflorescence subglobose, pale gray to white, 4–5 (–10) mm wide; bractlets evidently pubescent with clavate hairs; flowering scape with (4–) 5–7 ridges; each rosette of leaves producing usually a single flowering scape; plants of fresh water habitats
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1b. Inflorescence hemispherical, gray to light yellow-brown, 3–4 mm wide; bractlets sparsely pubescent with clavate hairs; flowering scape with 4 or 5 ridges; each rosette of leaves producing 1–4 flowering scapes; plants of tidal shores
Show photos of: Each photo represents one species in this genus.