Eleocharis exigua

Eleocharis exigua

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 exigua

Name

Eleocharis exigua (Kunth) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 154 (1817).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Scirpus exiguus Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 225 (1816).
• Heterotypic
  • Scirpus radicans Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 6: 751 (1805), nom. illeg.
  • Eleogiton radicans A.Dietr., Sp. Pl. 2: 97 (1833).
  • Eleocharis costulata Nees & Meyen ex Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 142 (1837).
  • Eleocharis radicans (A.Dietr.) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 142 (1837).
  • Chaetocyperus costulatus (Nees & Meyen ex Kunth) Nees, Cyperaceae: 44 (1841).
  • Scirpus radiatus (A.Dietr.) Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 541 (1841).
  • Chaetocyperus radicans (A.Dietr.) Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 74 (1854).
  • Eleocharis rivularis Phil., Linnaea 33: 270 (1865).
  • Eleocharis acicularis var. lindheimeri C.B.Clarke ex Britton, J. New York Microscop. Soc. 5: 105 (1889).
  • Eleocharis acicularis var. radicans (A.Dietr.) Britton, J. New York Microscop. Soc. 1889: 105 (1889).
  • Scirpus costulatus (Nees & Meyen ex Kunth) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 757 (1891).
  • Eleocharis lindheimeri Svenson, Rhodora 31: 199 (1929).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Argentina Northeast; Argentina Northwest; Argentina South; Chile Central; Chile South; Colombia; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Paraguay; Peru; Puerto Rico; Uruguay; Venezuela Continental: Northern America Arizona; Bolivia; California; Florida; Louisiana; Mexico Central; Mexico Gulf; Mexico Northeast; Mexico Northwest; Mexico Southeast; Mexico Southwest; Michigan; Oklahoma; Texas; Virginia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Roemer, J.J. & Schultes, J.A. 1817. Caroli a Linné equitis Systema Vegetabilium secundum classes ordines genera species. Cum characteribus, differentiis et synonymiis. Editio nova, speciebus inde ab editione XV. detectis aucta et locupletata. Vol. 1. XXVIII+642 pp. Sumtibus J. G. Cottae, Stuttgardtiae [Stuttgart]. BHL Reference page. : 154.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Eleocharis exigua in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Eleocharis exigua. Published online. Accessed: Feb 17 2020.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Eleocharis exigua in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 17. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2020. Eleocharis exigua. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Feb 2020.

Vernacular names

English: rooted spikerush

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