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|accepted_name=Lilaea
|accepted_authority=Bonpland in A. von Humboldt and A. J. Bonpland
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in A. von Humboldt and A. J. Bonpland,Plantae Aequinoctiales
|place=1: 221. 1808
|year=1808
}}
|common_names=Flowering-quillwort
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Juncaginaceae;Lilaea
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Juncaginaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Lilaea]]</div></div>
|etymology=for French botanist Alire Raffeneau-Delile, 1778–1850
|volume=Volume 22
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual. <b>Roots</b> without terminal tubers. <b>Rhizomes</b> slender, short. <b>Leaves</b> erect, terete, with aerenchyma tissue; sheath with ligule free. <b>Inflorescences</b> both scapose and sessile; spikelike racemes or solitary flowers; scapes shorter than leaves, terminated by spikes; spikes racemes with pistillate flowers near base, bisexual medially, staminate proximally; sessile inflorescences 2 or more, with solitary flowers pistillate flower only, 2 or more, sessile. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual and unisexual, to 5 types, sessile; tepals 0–1, green, linear; stamens 0–1; anthers sessile; pistils 1; ovules 1. <b>Bisexual</b> and staminate flowers: tepal present. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: tepal present, style 0.5–2 mm or tepal absent, style 0.2–30 cm. <b>Fruits</b> nutlets, angular, beaked.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;Central America;South America.
|discussion=<p>Species 1.</p>
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name=Lilaea
|authority=Bonpland in A. von Humboldt and A. J. Bonpland
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Juncaginaceae
|distribution=North America;Central America;South America.
|reference=None
|publication title=in A. von Humboldt and A. J. Bonpland,Plantae Aequinoctiales
|publication year=1808
|special status=
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|genus=Lilaea
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