Unless indicated otherwise, the following attributes are implicit throughout the descriptions, except where the characters concerned are inapplicable.
Plants not caespitose. Aerial stems not filiform. Leaves simple. Blades herbaceous; not septate nodulose. Blades adaxial surface dull.
Bisexual spike(s) without empty bracts at the base. Floral scales not reflexed; not falling early. Perianth present. Styles base not enlarged, continuous with the achene. Fruit not surrounded by a perigynium. Perigynia not inflated; not keeled; apex not bidentate.
Cite this publication as: Aiken, S.G., Boles, R.L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 1999 onwards. ‘Cyperaceae of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago: Descriptions, Illustrations, Identification, and Information Retrieval.’ Version: 6th November 2000. http://http://www.mun.ca/biology/delta/arcticf/. Dallwitz (1980) and Dallwitz, Paine and Zurcher (1993, 1995, 2000) should also be cited (see References).