Biology:Eleocharis tuberculosa
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Short description: Species of grass-like plant
Eleocharis tuberculosa | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Cyperaceae |
Genus: | Eleocharis |
Species: | E. tuberculosa
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Binomial name | |
Eleocharis tuberculosa (Hartmann) O. Schwarz
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Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Eleocharis tuberculosa, the cone-cup spikerush, is a plant species native to the United States and Canada . It has been reported from every state on the Gulf and Atlantic coasts from Maine to Texas , plus Kentucky, Tennessee , Arkansas and Nova Scotia. It is found in wet soil in meadows, woodlands, lake shores and river banks.[3][4][5]
Eleocharis tuberculosa is a perennial herb forming dense clumps. Culms are elliptical in cross-section, up to 70 cm tall. Styles of pistillate flowers have a swollen base called a tubercule, white to pale orange-brown, often with red spots, up to 2.5 mm across.[3][6][7][8][9][10]
References
- ↑ Tropicos
- ↑ The Plant List
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Flora of North America v 23 p 92, Eleocharis tuberculosa.
- ↑ BONAP (Biota of North America Program) floristic synthesis, Eleocharis tuberculosa
- ↑ Gleason, H. A. & A.J. Cronquist. 1968. The Pteridophytoa, Gymnospermae and Monocotyledoneae. 1: 1–482. In H. A. Gleason New Britton and Brown Illustrated Flora of the Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada (ed. 3). New York Botanical Garden, New York.
- ↑ Roemer, Johann Jakob & Schultes, Josef August. 1817. Systema Vegetabilium 2: 152.
- ↑ House, Homer Doliver. 1920. American Midland Naturalist 6: 205.
- ↑ Godfrey, R. K. & J. W. Wooten. 1979. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States Monocotyledons 1–712. The University of Georgia Press, Athens.
- ↑ Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida i–x, 1–806. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
- ↑ Fernald, M. 1950. Gray's Manual of Botany (ed. 8) i–lxiv, 1–1632. American Book Co., New York.
Wikidata ☰ Q15585547 entry
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