| Name | Nemum Desvaux ex Hamilton |
| Authorship | Desvaux ex Hamilton |
| Rank | Genus |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Cyperaceae |
| Contains | Nemum angolense (C.B.Clarke) Larridon & Goetgh. Nemum atracuminatum Larridon, Reynders & Goetgh. Nemum bulbostyloides (S.S.Hooper) Lye Nemum capitatum S.S.Hooper ex Larridon & Goetgh. Nemum equitans (Kük.) Lye Nemum megastachyum (Cherm.) J.Raynal Nemum parviflorum Lye Nemum raynalii S.S.Hooper ex Larridon & Goetgh. Nemum sp. Nemum spadiceum (Lam.) Desv. |
| Remarks | Type: N. spadiceum (Lamarck) W. Hamilton (Eriocaulon spadiceum Lamarck) |
| Citation | 1825 Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid. (Hamilton) xiv (13) |