Eleocharis exigua

Taxonavigation

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

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

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).

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

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.

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.

English: rooted spikerush