Meaning | type genus of the Eriocaulaceae: rushlike aquatic or marginal perennials usually found in shallow waters of acid lakes and pools and bogs. |
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Synonym | Eriocaulon |
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Member of | Eriocaulaceae, family Eriocaulaceae, pipewort family | chiefly tropical aquatic or bog herbs |
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Members | pipewort, Eriocaulon aquaticum | aquatic perennial of North America and Ireland and Hebrides having translucent green leaves in a basal spiral and dense buttonlike racemes of minute white flowers |
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Broader | monocot genus, liliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
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Spanish | eriocaulon, genus eriocaulon |
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Catalan | eriocaulon, genus eriocaulon |
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