Lipocarpha

Short description: Genus of grass-like plants

Lipocarpha

Hairlike Lipocarpha micrantha next to an unrelated leaf for scale
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Monocots
Clade:  | Commelinids
Order:  | Poales
Family:  | Cyperaceae
Genus:  | Lipocarpha
R.Br.
Synonyms[1]

* Hypaelyptum Vahl
* Hemicarpha Nees
* Rikliella J.Raynal

Lipocarpha is a genus of sedges known as halfchaff sedges. There are approximately 35 species and representatives can be found throughout the tropical and warmer temperate areas of Africa, Asia (China , India , Indonesia, etc.), Australia , North America, South America and various oceanic islands.[1][2][3] These mostly are erect annual herbs (some perennials are known) growing 1 to 30 centimeters tall. The inflorescence consists of one to few spikes each containing many spirally arranged spikelets. The flower is entangled with two hyalin scales, a spikelet prophyll and a glume. These flower stands in the axil of a spikelet-bract.[4]

Species include:[1]

* Lipocarpha abietina – tropical Africa
* Lipocarpha albiceps – tropical Africa
* Lipocarpha aristulata – western and central United States
* Lipocarpha atra – tropical Africa
* Lipocarpha barteri – tropical Africa
* Lipocarpha chinensis – tropical Africa, Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia
* Lipocarpha comosa – central and eastern Africa
* Lipocarpha constricta – Ethiopia, Burundi
* Lipocarpha crassicuspis – Senegal
* Lipocarpha drummondii – eastern and southern United States
* Lipocarpha echinus – Zambia
* Lipocarpha filiformis – tropical Africa
* Lipocarpha gracilis – western and central Africa, Indian Subcontinent, Thailand, Myanmar; naturalized in Brazil
* Lipocarpha hemisphaerica tropical and southern Africa; India, Thailand
* Lipocarpha kernii – tropical Africa, India
* Lipocarpha leucaspis – central Africa
* Lipocarpha maculata – southeastern United States; Mexico, Central America, Cuba, Trinidad, South America
* Lipocarpha mangarevica – Tuamotu
* Lipocarpha mexicana – Mexico, Central America, northern South America, Madagascar
* Lipocarpha micrantha – United States, Canada, West Indies, Latin America, Madagascar, Senegal, Southern Africa
* Lipocarpha microcephala – China, Japan, Korea, Indochina, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Australia
* Lipocarpha monostachya – central Africa
* Lipocarpha nana – tropical and southern Africa; Madagascar
* Lipocarpha occidentalis – Oregon, Washington, California
* Lipocarpha perspicua – Angola
* Lipocarpha prieuriana – tropical Africa
* Lipocarpha pygmaea – Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar
* Lipocarpha raynaliana – India
* Lipocarpha reddyi – India
* Lipocarpha rehmannii – tropical and southern Africa; Madagascar
* Lipocarpha robinsonii – Angola, Zambia
* Lipocarpha salzmanniana – Veracruz, Central America, Cuba, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil
* Lipocarpha schomburgkii – Venezuela, Guyana
* Lipocarpha squarrosa – Indian Subcontinent, Himalayas, Indochina; naturalized in Java and Florida
* Lipocarpha thermalis – Zaïre

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. ↑ Flora of North America, Lipocarpha
3. ↑ Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 249, 湖瓜草属 hu gua cao shu, Lipocarpha R. Brown in Tuckey, Narr. Exped. Zaire. 459. 1818.
4. ↑ Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

## External links

* Jepson Manual Treatment
* USDA Plants Profile
* Lipocarpha of Zimbabwe

Wikidata ☰ Q3270856 entry

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