Tricoryne
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Description
Erect, glabrous or variously hairy herbs;
Leaves basal and/or cauline, more or less linear or reduced to scales, alternate, often amplexicaul at the base.
Inflorescence of terminal umbels surrounded by small scarious bracts and outer larger, sometimes leaf-like bracts.
Ovary superior, sessile, deeply 3-lobed, 3-celled;
Fruit consisting of (1-)3 indehiscent nutlets;
Seeds subglobose.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical, Australasia, S. Papua New Guinea present
In Australia (all states) 6 spp., of which one in Malesia: S. Papua New Guinea.