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Showing Eleocharis triquetra
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- Plantae(reg.)
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- Eleocharis(gen.)
- triquetra(sp.)
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Type: Northern Territory: Darwin & Gulf: just N of South Alligator River bridge on Pine Creek – El Sharana road, K.L. Wilson 5245, 9 May 1983; holo NSW 268092; iso: DNA, K, NSW 867245, PERTH.
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APC Dist.: WA, NT
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Etymology: From the Latin adjective triquetrus, -a, -um, sharply three-angled, referring to the cross-sectional shape of the culms, which are sharply angled and slightly winged on the angles.
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APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld