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Index of Plant Families (2 families in this page)

CYPERACEAE
Sedge
JUNCACEAE
Rush
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CYPERACEAE

( Sedge Family )		 Subfamalies: nil.

Family Description: Herbs, usually glabrous and rhizomatous. Stems usually solid, often trigonous. Leaves often grass-like, sometimes reduced to sheaths. Flowers wind-pollinated, hermaphrodite or unisexual, each in the axil of a glume and arranged in 1- to many-flowered spikelets. Spikelets solitary or variously aggregated in compound, often bracteate inflorescences, and often with 1 or more empty glumes. Perianth absent, or composed of bristles (more rarely scales). Stamens usually 2 or 3, with basifixed anthers. Style simple; stigmas 2 or 3. Ovary unilocular, with solitary, erect ovule. Nut usually with 2 or 3 angles. Seed endospermic.
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
Carex distans
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Sedge Sogħda Apr-May Short Profile
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Carex divisa
Hudson

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Sedge,
Separated Sedge 		Sogħda Apr-Jun Short Profile
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Carex divulsa
Stokes

Main Synonym :
Carex muricata var. divulsa
Sedge,
Grassland Sedge 		No Name Mar-Jun Short Profile
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Carex extensa
Goodenough

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Sedge No Name Apr-May Short Profile
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images.
Carex flacca subsp. erythrostachys
(Bivona) Greuter

Main Synonym :
Carex cuspidata
Sedge,
Blue Sedge,
Heath Sedge 		No Name Apr-Jun Short Profile
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Carex hispida
Willdenow

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Sedge No Name Apr-May -
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images.
Carex otrubae
Podpera

Main Synonym :
Carex cuprina
Sedge Sogħda Mar-May Short Profile
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Carex pairae
F. W. Schulz

Main Synonym :
Carex muricata subsp. lamprocarpa
Sedge No Name Mar-May Short Profile
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images.
Carex spicata
Hoppe

Main Synonym :
Carex contigua
Sedge,
Prickly Sedge 		No Name Jul-Aug -
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images.
Cyperus alternifolius
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Sedge,
Umbrella Plant 		No Name All Year Short Profile
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images.
Cyperus capitatus
Vandelli non Burmann

Main Synonym :
Galilea mucronathus
Sedge,
Sand Galingale 		Sogħda Tar-ramel Mar-Jun Short Profile
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Cyperus esculentus
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Sedge,
Chufa Sedge,
Tigernut Sedge 		No Name Apr-Sep Short Profile
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images.
Cyperus fuscus
L.

Main Synonym :
Cyperus compressus
Sedge No Name Aug-Nov Short Profile
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images.
Cyperus involucratus
Roxb.

Main Synonym :
Cyperus flabelliformis
Sedge,
Umbrella Palm 		No Name Apr-Jul Short Profile
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images.
Cyperus longus subsp. badius
(Desf.) Murb.

Main Synonym :
Cyperus longus subsp. badius
Sedge Bordi Apr-Sep Short Profile
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images.
Cyperus longus subsp. longus
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Sedge Bordi Tal-widien Apr-Sep Short Profile
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images.
Cyperus papyrus
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Sedge,
Papyrus Sedge,
Paper Reed 		Papiru Apr-Sep Short Profile
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images.
Cyperus rotundus
L.

Main Synonym :
Cyperus olivaris
Sedge,
Nut Sedge,
Purple Nutsedge 		Bordi Tat-toroq Jul-Nov Short Profile
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Eleocharis ovata
(Roth) Roemer & Schultz

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Sedge,
Ovate Spikerush 		No Name Mar-May -
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images.
Eleocharis palustris
(L.) Roemer & Schultz

Main Synonym :
Eleocharis intersita
Sedge,
Pale Spikerush 		No Name Mar-May Short Profile
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Juncellus distachyos
(Allioni) Turrill

Main Synonym :
Cyperus distachyos
Sedge No Name Apr-Oct Short Profile
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images.
Schoenoplectus lacustris
(L.) Palla

Main Synonym :
Scirpus lacustris
Sedge No Name Apr-Jun -
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Schoenoplectus tabaernemontani
(Gmelin) Palla

Main Synonym :
Scirpus tabernaemontani
Sedge,
Softstem Clubrush 		No Name Apr-Jun Short Profile
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images.
Schoenus nigricans
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Sedge,
Black Sedge 		No Name Apr-Jun Short Profile
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images.
Scirpus cernuus
Vahl

Main Synonym :
Isolepis cernua
Sedge,
Low Bulrush,
Fibre Optic Grass 		No Name Apr-Jul -
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images.
Scirpus holoschoenus
L.

Main Synonym :
Holoschoenus vulgaris
Sedge Simar Tal-boċċi Apr-Jul Short Profile
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images.
Scirpus maritimus
L.

Main Synonym :
Bolboschoenus maritimus
Sedge,
Alkali Bulrush 		Sogħda Tal-baħar Apr-Jun Short Profile
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JUNCACEAE

( Rush Family )		 Subfamalies: nil.

Family Description: Herbs, usually perennial. Leaves long and narrow, with sheathing base, sometimes reduced to scales. Flowers actinomorphic, hermaphrodite, protogynous, usually crowded in monochasial cymes which are sometimes condensed into heads, or solitary. Perianth-segments 6, in 2 whorls. Stamens free, in (1-)2 whorls of 3. Ovary superior, 1- or 3-locular; stigmas 3; ovules 3 or numerous. Fruit a dehiscent, loculicidal capsule; seeds endospermic, often with a basal appendage.
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
Juncus acutus
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Rush Simar Lixx Mar-Jun Short Profile
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images.
Juncus articulatus
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Rush,
Joint-leaf Rush 		Simar Mar-May Short Profile
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images.
Juncus bufonius
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Rush Simar żgħir Mar-May Short Profile
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images.
Juncus effusus
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Rush,
Corkscrew Rush 		No Name Apr-May -
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images.
Juncus hybridus
Brotero

Main Synonym :
Juncus bufonius subsp. hybridus
Rush No Name Mar-May Short Profile
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images.
Juncus maritimus
Lamarck

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Rush Simar Tal-baħar May-Jun -
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images.
Juncus subulatus
Forsskål

Main Synonym :
Juncus multiflorus
Rush No Name May-Jun Short Profile
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images.
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