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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Eleocharis

Hierarchical position of the Genus Eleocharis

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Liliopsida Brongn. pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843. common name: Monocots       Subclassis  Commelinidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 171. Jan-Mar 1967. common name: Grasses, Sedges, Rushes       SuperOrdo  Juncanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 510. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Cyperales Hutch. pub. Fam. Fl. Pl. 2: 16, 193. 1934.       Familia  Cyperaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 26. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Sedges       Genus  Eleocharis R.Br. common name: spikerush

Named members of the Genus Eleocharis

1	Species  acicularis (L.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes
	2    Varietas  acicularis common name: needle spikerush 3    Varietas  bella Piper syn. Eleocharis bella 4    Varietas  gracilescens Svens. common name: needle spikerush 5    Varietas  minima Torr. syn. Eleocharis bella 6    Varietas  occidentalis Svens. syn. Eleocharis acicularis var. acicularis 7    Varietas  radicans (A. Dietr.) Britt. syn. Eleocharis radicans 8    Varietas  submersa (Hj. Nilss.) Svens. common name: needle spikerush 9    Varietas  typica Svens. syn. Eleocharis acicularis var. acicularis
10	Species  acuminata (Muhl.) Nees syn. Eleocharis compressa
11	Species  acutangula (Roxb.) J.A. Schultes common name: acute spikerush
12	Species  acutisquamata Buckl. common name: sharpscale spikerush
13	Species  albida Torr. common name: white spikerush
14	Species  ambigens Fern. syn. Eleocharis fallax
15	Species  annua House syn. Eleocharis ovata
16	Species  arenicola Torr. syn. Eleocharis montevidensis
17	Species  atropurpurea (Retz.) J.& K. Presl common name: purple spikerush
18	Species  austrotexana M.C. Johnston common name: Rio Grande spikerush
19	Species  baldwinii (Torr.) Chapman common name: Baldwin's spikerush
20	Species  bella (Piper) Svens. common name: beautiful spikerush
21	Species  bernardina Munz & Johnston syn. Eleocharis quinqueflora
22	Species  bicolor Chapman syn. Eleocharis minima
23	Species  bolanderi Gray common name: Bolander's spikerush
24	Species  brachycarpa Svens. common name: shortfruit spikerush
25	Species  brittonii Svens. ex Small common name: Britton's spikerush
26	Species  calva Torr.
	27    Varietas  australis (Nees) St. John syn. Eleocharis palustris
28	Species  cancellata S. Wats. common name: Arizona spikerush
29	Species  capillacea auct. non Kunth syn. Eleocharis baldwinii
30	Species  capitata (L.) R. Br.
	31    Varietas  borealis Svens. syn. Eleocharis elliptica 32    Varietas  dispar (E.J. Hill) Fern. syn. Eleocharis geniculata 33    Varietas  pseudoptera Weatherby ex Svens. syn. Eleocharis tenuis var. pseudoptera 34    Varietas  verrucosa Svens. syn. Eleocharis tenuis var. verrucosa
35	Species  caribaea (Rottb.) Blake
	36    Varietas  dispar (E.J. Hill) Blake syn. Eleocharis geniculata
37	Species  carolina Small syn. Eleocharis nigrescens
38	Species  cellulosa Torr. common name: Gulf Coast spikerush
39	Species  coloradoensis (Britt.) Gilly syn. Eleocharis parvula
40	Species  compressa Sullivant
	41    Varietas  atrata Svens. syn. Eleocharis compressa
42	Species  confervoides (Poir.) G. Tucker syn. Websteria confervoides
43	Species  congesta D. Don common name: spikerush
44	Species  curtisii Small syn. Eleocharis vivipara
45	Species  cylindrica Buckl. common name: cylinder spikerush
46	Species  decumbens C.B. Clarke common name: decumbent spikerush
47	Species  diandra C. Wright syn. Eleocharis obtusa
48	Species  disciformis Parish syn. Eleocharis parishii
49	Species  dulcis (Burman f.) Trin. ex Henschel common name: Chinese waterchestnut
50	Species  ekmanii K�kenth. syn. Eleocharis sintenisii
51	Species  elegans (Kunth) Roemer & J.A. Schultes common name: elegant spikerush
52	Species  elliottii A. Dietr. syn. Eleocharis equisetoides
53	Species  elliptica Kunth
	54    Varietas  compressa (Sullivant) Drapalik & Mohlenbrock syn. Eleocharis compressa 55    Varietas  pseudoptera (Weatherby ex Svens.) L. Harms syn. Eleocharis tenuis var. pseudoptera
56	Species  elongata Chapman common name: slim spikerush
57	Species  engelmannii Steud.
	58    Varietas  monticola (Fern.) Svens. syn. Eleocharis engelmannii 59    Varietas  robusta Fern. syn. Eleocharis engelmannii
60	Species  equisetoides (Ell.) Torr. common name: jointed spikesedge
61	Species  erythropoda Steud. common name: bald spikerush
62	Species  fallax Weatherby common name: creeping spikerush
63	Species  fistulosa J.A. Schultes syn. Eleocharis acutangula
64	Species  flaccida (Reichenb.) Urban
	65    Varietas  olivacea (Torr.) Fern. & Grisc. syn. Eleocharis olivacea var. olivacea
66	Species  flavescens (Poir.) Urban
	67    Varietas  flavescens common name: yellow spikerush 68    Varietas  fuscescens (K�kenth.) Svens. syn. Eleocharis flavescens var. flavescens 69    Varietas  olivacea (Torr.) Gleason syn. Eleocharis olivacea var. olivacea 70    Varietas  thermalis (Rydb.) Cronq. common name: yellow spikerush
71	Species  geniculata (L.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes common name: Canada spikesedge
72	Species  halophila (Fern. & Brack.) Fern. & Brack. common name: saltmarsh spikerush
73	Species  intermedia J.A. Schultes common name: matted spikerush
74	Species  interstincta (Vahl) Roemer & J.A. Schultes common name: knotted spikerush
75	Species  kamtschatica (C.A. Mey.) Komarov common name: Kamchatka spikerush
76	Species  lanceolata Fern. common name: daggerleaf spikerush
77	Species  leptos (Steud.) Svens.
	78    Varietas  coloradoensis (Britt.) Svens. syn. Eleocharis parvula 79    Varietas  johnstonii Svens. syn. Eleocharis parvula
80	Species  lindheimeri Svens. syn. Eleocharis radicans
81	Species  macounii Fern. syn. Eleocharis obtusa
82	Species  macrostachya Britt. syn. Eleocharis palustris
83	Species  mamillata auct. non Lindb. f. syn. Eleocharis palustris
84	Species  melanocarpa Torr. common name: blackfruit spikerush
85	Species  membranacea Gilly syn. Eleocharis parvula
86	Species  microcarpa Torr.
	87    Varietas  brittonii (Svens. ex Small) Svens. syn. Eleocharis brittonii 88    Varietas  filiculmis Torr. syn. Eleocharis microcarpa
89	Species  minima Kunth
	90    Varietas  ambigua (Steud.) K�kenth. syn. Eleocharis minima 91    Varietas  bicolor (Chapman) Svens. syn. Eleocharis minima
92	Species  minutiflora Boeckl. syn. Eleocharis nigrescens
93	Species  montana (Kunth) Roemer & J.A. Schultes
	94    Varietas  nodulosa (Roth) Svens. syn. Eleocharis montana
95	Species  montevidensis Kunth
	96    Varietas  bolanderi (Gray) V. Grant syn. Eleocharis bolanderi 97    Varietas  decumbens (C.B. Clarke) V. Grant syn. Eleocharis decumbens 98    Varietas  disciformis (Parish) V. Grant syn. Eleocharis parishii 99    Varietas  parishii (Britt.) V. Grant syn. Eleocharis parishii
100	Species  monticola Fern.
	101    Varietas  pallida St. John syn. Eleocharis engelmannii
102	Species  multiflora Chapman syn. Eleocharis atropurpurea
103	Species  mutata (L.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes common name: scallion grass
104	Species  nana Kunth common name: hairlike spikerush
105	Species  nigrescens (Nees) Steud.
	106    Varietas  minutiflora (Boeckl.) Svens. syn. Eleocharis nigrescens
107	Species  nitida Fern. common name: quill spikerush
108	Species  nodulosa (Roth) J.A. Schultes syn. Eleocharis montana
109	Species  obtusa (Willd.) J.A. Schultes
	110    Varietas  detonsa (Gray) Drapalik & Mohlenbrock syn. Eleocharis engelmannii 111    Varietas  ellipsoidalis Fern. syn. Eleocharis obtusa 112    Varietas  engelmannii (Steud.) Gilly syn. Eleocharis engelmannii 113    Varietas  gigantea (C.B. Clarke) Fern. syn. Eleocharis obtusa 114    Varietas  heuseri Uechtr. syn. Eleocharis ovata 115    Varietas  jejuna Fern. syn. Eleocharis obtusa 116    Varietas  lanceolata (Fern.) Gilly syn. Eleocharis lanceolata 117    Varietas  ovata (Roth) Drapalik & Mohlenbrock syn. Eleocharis ovata 118    Varietas  peasei Svens. syn. Eleocharis obtusa
119	Species  ochrostachys Steud. common name: spikerush
120	Species  oligantha Clarke common name: fewflowered spikerush
121	Species  olivacea Torr.
	122    Varietas  olivacea common name: bright green spikerush 123    Varietas  reductiseta (Schuyler & Ferren) Schuyler & Ferren common name: bright green spikerush
124	Species  ovata (Roth) Roemer & J.A. Schultes
	125    Varietas  engelmannii (Steud.) Britt. syn. Eleocharis engelmannii 126    Varietas  obtusa (Willd.) K�kenth. ex Skottsberg syn. Eleocharis obtusa
127	Species  pachycarpa Desv. common name: black sand spikerush
128	Species  pachystyla (C. Wright) C.B. Clarke common name: false junco
129	Species  palmeri Svens. common name: Palmer's spikerush
130	Species  palustris (L.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes
	131    Varietas  australis Nees syn. Eleocharis palustris 132    Varietas  major Sonder syn. Eleocharis palustris 133    Varietas  vigens Bailey syn. Eleocharis palustris
134	Species  parishii Britt. common name: Parish's spikerush
135	Species  parvula (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Link ex Bluff,
	136    Varietas  anachaeta (Torr.) Svens. syn. Eleocharis parvula 137    Varietas  coloradoensis (Britt.) Beetle syn. Eleocharis parvula 138    Varietas  er common name: dwarf spikerush
139	Species  pauciflora (Lightf.) Link
	140    Varietas  bernardina (Munz & Johnston) Svens. syn. Eleocharis quinqueflora 141    Varietas  fernaldii Svens. syn. Eleocharis quinqueflora 142    Varietas  suksdorfiana (Beauv.) Svens. syn. Eleocharis quinqueflora
143	Species  perlonga Fern. & Brack. syn. Eleocharis palustris
144	Species  praticola Britt. syn. Eleocharis flavescens var. flavescens
145	Species  prolifera Torr. syn. Eleocharis baldwinii
146	Species  quadrangulata (Michx.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes
	147    Varietas  crassior Fern. syn. Eleocharis quadrangulata
148	Species  quinqueflora (F.X. Hartmann) Schwarz
	149    Varietas  bernardina (Munz & Johnston) S. Gonz�lez & P.M. Pet syn. Eleocharis quinqueflora 150    Subspecies  fernaldii (Svens.) Hult�n syn. Eleocharis quinqueflora 151    Subspecies  suksdorfiana (Beauv.) Hult�n syn. Eleocharis quinqueflora 152    Varietas  suksdorfiana (Beauv.) J.T. Howell syn. Eleocharis quinqueflora
153	Species  radicans (A. Dietr.) Kunth common name: rooted spikerush
154	Species  retroflexa (Poir.) Urban common name: coastal plain spikerush
155	Species  reverchonii Svens. syn. Eleocharis acicularis var. acicularis
156	Species  robbinsii Oakes common name: Robbins' spikerush
157	Species  rostellata (Torr.) Torr.
	158    Varietas  congdonii Jepson syn. Eleocharis rostellata 159    Varietas  occidentalis S. Wats. syn. Eleocharis rostellata
160	Species  schaffneri Boeckl. common name: Schaffner's spikerush
161	Species  setifolia auct. non (A. Rich.) Raynal syn. Eleocharis nigrescens
162	Species  shaferi Britt. syn. Eleocharis sintenisii
163	Species  simplex (Ell.) A. Dietr. syn. Eleocharis tuberculosa
164	Species  sintenisii Boeckl. common name: Sintenis' spikerush
165	Species  smallii Britt.
	166    Varietas  major (Sonder) Seymour syn. Eleocharis palustris
167	Species  suksdorfiana Beauv. syn. Eleocharis quinqueflora
168	Species  tenuis (Willd.) J.A. Schultes
	169    Varietas  atrata (Svens.) Boivin syn. Eleocharis compressa 170    Varietas  borealis (Svens.) Gleason syn. Eleocharis elliptica 171    Varietas  pseudoptera (Weatherby ex Svens.) Svens. common name: slender spikerush 172    Varietas  tenuis common name: slender spikerush 173    Varietas  verrucosa (Svens.) Svens. common name: slender spikerush
174	Species  thermalis Rydb. syn. Eleocharis flavescens var. thermalis
175	Species  torreyana Boeckl. syn. Eleocharis microcarpa
176	Species  tortilis (Link) J.A. Schultes common name: twisted spikerush
177	Species  tricostata Torr. common name: three-angle spikerush
178	Species  tuberculosa (Michx.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes
	179    Varietas  pubnicoensis Fern. syn. Eleocharis tuberculosa
180	Species  tuberosa (Roxb.) Schultes syn. Eleocharis dulcis
181	Species  uncialis Chapman ex Small syn. Eleocharis minima
182	Species  uniglumis (Link) J.A. Schultes
	183    Varietas  halophila Fern. & Brack. syn. Eleocharis halophila
184	Species  verrucosa (Svens.) L. Harms syn. Eleocharis tenuis var. verrucosa
185	Species  vivipara Link common name: viviparous spikerush
186	Species  wolfii (Gray) Gray ex Britt. common name: Wolf's spikerush
187	Species  xyridiformis Fern. & Brack. syn. Eleocharis palustris
188	Species  yunquensis Britt. syn. Eleocharis sintenisii

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.