Eleocharis geniculata

Eleocharis geniculata
Eleocharis geniculata, Hong Kong Wetland Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Eleocharis
Species:
E. geniculata
Binomial name
Eleocharis geniculata
Synonyms[1]
  • Scirpus caribaea
  • Scirpus geniculatus
  • and numerous others

Eleocharis geniculata is a species of spikesedge known by several common names, including bent spikerush and Canada spikesedge. This is a widespread plant of wet areas in the Americas, Asia, Africa, Australia, Madagascar, and some Pacific Islands.[1][2][3] It is an annual spikesedge growing to a maximum height of about 40 centimeters. It has a few straw-colored leaves and many thin erect stems. The stems hold inflorescences of rounded spikelets each containing at least 10 tiny flowers. The flowers are covered with dark greenish-brown bracts. The fruit is a shiny purple-brown achene not more than a millimeter long.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 196, 黑籽荸荠 hei zi bi qi, Eleocharis geniculata (Linnaeus) Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 2: 150. 1817.
  3. ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
  4. ^ Flora of North America, Eleocharis geniculata (Linnaeus) Roemer & Schultes in J. J. Roemer et al., Syst. Veg. 2: 150. 1817.
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