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perigynium

in sedges

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Cyperaceae

  • Spikes of sedge (Carex pendula).
    In Cyperaceae: Characteristic morphological features

    …in a sac called a perigynium, a modified tubular bract. The perigynium may tightly envelop the achene or it may be inflated like a bladder, flattened and scalelike, or even fleshy and edible. Many woodland species of Carex have food bodies (elaiosomes) at the base of the perigynium for ants,…

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