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Sparganium
Also called Burreed, Bur Reeds
Sparganium (bur-reed) is a genus of flowering plants, described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. It is widespread in wet areas in temperate regions of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. The plants are perennial marsh plants that can grow to 3.5 m (11 ft), depending on the species, with epicene flowers.
It was previously placed alone in the family Sparganiaceae. Sparganium is closely related to the Typhaceae and the APG III system (2009) includes Sparganium in that family. It has been determined from phylogenetic analysis to be the closest living relative of the genus Typha (cat-tail).
American bur-reed · Narrowleaf bur-reed · European bur-reed · Simplestem bur-reed · Broadfruit bur-reed · Floating bur-reed · Clustered bur-reed · Sparganium gramineum · Small bur-reed
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sparganium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
