Chorizandra
{{Short description|Genus of grass-like plants}}
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|authority = R.Br.
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Chorizandra is a genus of rhizomatous sedges,{{FloraBase|name=Chorizandra|id=21107}}{{cite web|url=http://bie.ala.org.au/species/http://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2905189#classification|title=Chorizandra R.Br.|accessdate=25 September 2017|work=Atlas of Living Australia|publisher=Global Biodiversity Information Facility}} encompassing six species; four of which are endemic to Australia and two to New Caledonia.
Description
The plants are rhizomatous perennials with terete and glabrous culms that are transversely septate and hollow between septa. The basal leaves are mostly reduced to sheaths with teret blades that are transversely septate. They produce a compact head-like inflorescence that is pseudolateral with many small spikelets surrounding a solid core. They later form brown obovoid to globose longitudinally ridged woody nuts.{{cite web|url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Chorizandra|title=Genus Chorizandra|work=PlantNET|accessdate=25 September 2017|publisher=Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney}}
Species
- Chorizandra australis K.L.Wilson
- Chorizandra cymbaria R.Br.
- Chorizandra enodis Nees
- Chorizandra gigantea J.Raynal ex K.L.Wilson
- Chorizandra multiarticulata Nees
- Chorizandra sphaerocephala R.Br.
References
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Category:Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)
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