组3. 圆穗砖子苗组Sect. Turgiduli C. B. Clarke

Sect. Turgiduli C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI (1893) 623 et in Kew Bull. Add. Ser. VIII (1908) 103, pro parte--CyperusLinn. subgen. Mariscus (Gaertn.) C. B. Clarke sect. Turgiduli Kukenth. in Engl. Pflanzenr. Heft 101, IV, 20 (1935) 473.

多年生草本，具短缩根状茎。秆粗壮;长侧枝聚伞花序复出或近于复出;穗状花序圆筒形或圆球形;小穗微俯或反折，椭圆形或长圆状披针形;小穗轴具翅;鳞片革质，具光泽，无龙骨状突起，有多条脉。小坚果椭圆形或长圆形。

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羽状穗砖子苗 Mariscus javanicus (Houtt.) Merr. et Metc.