Eleocharis geniculata

Eleocharis geniculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
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. 1 2 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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