Eleocharis debilis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Photokaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Regnum: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Regnum: Viridiplantae Cladus: Streptophyta Cladus: Phragmoplastophyta Cladus: Embryophyta Cladus: Polysporangiophyta Divisio: Tracheophyta Cladus: Eutracheophyta Cladus: Euphyllophytina Cladus: Megaphylla Cladus: Radiatopses Cladus: Lignophyta Cladus: Metalignophyta Diviso: Spermatophyta Classis*: Angiospermae Cladus: Mesangiospermae Cladus: Monocota Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Eleocharis debilis Kunth, 1837

Homotypic
- Scirpus debilis (Kunth) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 757 (1891), nom. illeg.
Heterotypic
- Eleocharis debilis f. anomala S.González & Reznicek in Novon 6: 358 (1996)
- Eleocharis debilis f. macra (Kunth) Boeckeler in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 192 (1926)
- Eleocharis ekmanii Kük. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 192 (1926)
- Eleocharis macra Kunth in Enum. Pl. 2: 142 (1837)
- Eleocharis shaferi Britton in Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 16: 59 (1920)
- Eleocharis yunquensis Britton in N.L.Britton & P.Wilson, Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & Virgin Islands 5: 92 (1923)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Belize, Honduras, Puerto Rico
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil South, Brazil Southeast
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Cuba
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Guyana, Venezuela
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Paraguay

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Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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