Eleocharis dulcis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Cyperaceae
Subfamilia: Cyperoideae
Tribus: Eleocharideae
Genus: Eleocharis
Species: Eleocharis dulcis

Name

Eleocharis dulcis (Burm.f.) Trin. ex Hensch., Vita Rumphii: 186 (1833).

Synonyms

Basionym
- Andropogon dulcis Burm.f., Fl. Indica: 219 (1768).
Heterotypic
- Scirpus plantaginoides Rottb., Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl.: 45 (1773).
- Scirpus plantagineus Retz., Observ. Bot. 5: 14 (1788).
- Scirpus tuberosus Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 3: 25 (1815), nom. illeg.
- Eleocharis plantaginea (Retz.) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 150 (1817).
- Scirpus dubius Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 215 (1820).
- Scirpus tumidus Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 212 (1820).
- Eleocharis tuberosa Schult., Mant. 2: 86 (1824).
- Eleocharis tumida (Roxb.) Schult., Mant. 2: 86 (1824).
- Eleocharis equisetina J.Presl & C.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 195 (1828).
- Limnochloa plantaginea (Retz.) Nees in R.Wight, Contr. Bot. India: 114 (1834).
- Limnochloa tumida (Roxb.) Nees in R.Wight, Contr. Bot. India: 114 (1834).
- Carex tuberosa (Schult.) Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 35 (1837), nom. illeg.
- Scirpus spiralis Willd. ex Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 153 (1837).
- Eleocharis austrocaledonica Vieill., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 16: 38 (1862).
- Eleocharis esculenta Vieill., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 16: 37 (1862).
- Eleocharis plantaginea var. stolonifera Boeckeler, Beitr. Cyper. 2: 14 (1890).
- Eleocharis plantaginoidea W.Wight, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 9: 267 (1905), nom. superfl.
- Eleocharis plantaginoides (Rottb.) Domin, Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 445 (1915).
- Eleocharis indica (Lour.) Druce, Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 1916: 621 (1917).
- Eleocharis dulcis var. tuberosa (Schult.) T.Koyama, J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 8: 97 (1961).
- Eleocharis plantagineiformis Tang & F.T.Wang, Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 11: 225 (1961).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Trop. & Subtrop. Old World
- - Andaman Is.; Angola; Bangladesh; Botswana; Burkina; Cambodia; Caroline Is.; Chad; China South-Central; China Southeast; Congo; Fiji; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Hainan; India; Ivory Coast; Japan; Jawa; Kenya; Korea; Lesser Sunda Is.; Liberia; Madagascar; Malaya; Mali; Maluku; Marianas; Mauritius; Mozambique; Myanmar; Namibia; Nansei-shoto; New Caledonia; New Guinea; New South Wales; Nigeria; Northern Territory; Pakistan; Philippines; Queensland; Samoa; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Sri Lanka; Sulawesi; Sumatera; Taiwan; Tanzania; Thailand; Togo; Tonga; Uganda; Vietnam; Wallis-Futuna Is.; Western Australia; Zambia; Zare; Zimbabwe

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Trinius, C.B. v., 1833. Vita G. E. Rumphii, Plini Indici, 186.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Eleocharis dulcis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 15. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Eleocharis dulcis. Published online. Accessed: Feb 15 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Eleocharis dulcis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 15. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Eleocharis dulcis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Feb 2020.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Eleocharis dulcis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Wasserkastanie
English: Chinese water chestnut
español: cabezas de negrito, nuez china
suomi: Kastanjaluikka
magyar: Vízigesztenye
Nederlands: Chinese waterkastanje
lea faka-Tonga: kuta
吴语: 地栗
中文（简体）: 荸荠
中文（繁體）: 荸薺

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