Cyathochaeta

Cyathochaeta is a genus of rhizomatous perennial sedges.^[1]

Cyathochaeta
Cyathochaeta diandra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Cyathochaeta Nees

They have culms that are mostly noded. The leaves are mostly basal, often with one cauline and have ligule membranes. When flowering they produce a panicle-like, narrow inflorescence with distant nodes containing several spikelets at each node with a single bisexual flower.^[2]

There are six known species all of which are endemic to Australia.^[2]

The genera was first described in 1848 by the German botanist Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck.^[1]

List of species:

• Cyathochaeta avenacea (R.Br.) Benth.
• Cyathochaeta clandestina (R.Br.) Benth.
• Cyathochaeta diandra (R.Br.) Nees
• Cyathochaeta equitans K.L.Wilson
• Cyathochaeta stipoidesK.L.Wilson
• Cyathochaeta teretifolia W.Fitzg.