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Lipocarpha

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. 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.

Species include:

  • 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