JUNCAGINACEAE
Morphological description
Herbs. Roots usually swollen and tuberous.
Leaves
Leaves linear, distichous.
Flowers
Flower bisexual, actinomorphic, 3-merous, carpels 6, more or less free.
Different from: Cyperaceae: leaves 3-ranked. - Restionaceae: flowers unisexual, ovary 1-carpellate.
Distribution: Widespread, mostly in southern hemisphere. In Malesia only Triglochin procera, along streams in savannah forest.
Notes: The tubers are edible.
Literature: C.G.G. J. van Steenis, Fl. Males. I, 4 (1949) 57.
Illustrations: Fig. 94. Triglochin procera R. Br. var. dubia Benth. (Juncaginaceae). Habit; flower and juvenile fruit enlarged. Reproduced from Flora Malesiana I, 4 (1949) 56, fig. 1.
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