Eleocharis obtusa

Eleocharis obtusa

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 obtusa

Name

Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schult., Mant. 2: 89 (1824).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Scirpus obtusus Willd., Enum. Pl.: 76 (1809).
• Homotypic
  • Trichophyllum obtusum (Willd.) House, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 6: 205 (1920).
• Heterotypic
  • Eleocharis obtusa var. gigantea Fernald, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 34: 493 (1899).
  • Eleocharis obtusa var. jejuna Fernald, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 34: 492 (1899).
  • Eleocharis obtusa var. ellipsoidalis Fernald ex Svenson, Rhodora 31: 216 (1929).
  • Eleocharis obtusa var. peasei Svenson, Rhodora 31: 217 (1929).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Alabama; Arkansas; British Columbia; California; Colorado; Connecticut; Delaware; District of Columbia; Florida; Georgia; Idaho; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kentucky; Louisiana; Maine; Maryland; Masachusettes; Michigan; Minnesota; Mississippi; Missouri; Nebraska; Nevada; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New Mexico; New York; North Carolina; Nova Scotia; Ohio; Oklahoma; Ontario; Oregon; Pennsylvania; Prince Edward I.; Qubec; Rhode I.; South Carolina; South Dakota; Tennessee; Texas; Vermont; Virginia; Washington; West Virginia; Wisconsin; Wyoming Continental: Southern America Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Schultes, J.A. 1824. Mantissa in Volumen Secundum. Systematis Vegetabilium Caroli a Linne ex Editione Joan. Jac. Roemer.... BHL Reference page. : 2: 89.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Eleocharis obtusa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Eleocharis obtusa. Published online. Accessed: Feb 16 2020. Reference page.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Eleocharis obtusa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 16. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2020. Eleocharis obtusa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Feb 2020.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. [1]

Vernacular names

English: blunt spikerush, Blunt spikerush
français: Eléocharide obtuse

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