Eleocharis palustris
| creeping spike-rush marsh spike-rush common spike-rush | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Eleocharis |
| Species: | E. palustris |
| Binomial name | |
| Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roem. & Schult. | |
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Eleocharis palustris (common spike-rush, creeping spike-rush or marsh spike-rush) is a species of mat-forming perennial plants in the genus Eleocharis (and subgenus Eleocharis) growing in wetlands in Europe, North Africa, northern and central Asia (Siberia, China, Mongolia, Iran, Nepal, etc.) and North America (US, Canada, Greenland, northern Mexico).[1][2][3][4][5][6] Eleocharis palustris is not easily distinguished from other closely related species and is extremely variable worldwide itself.
Subspecies and varieties
Eleocharis palustris in Rehovot vernal pool, Israel
Numerous names have been proposed for subspecies and varieties. The following are recognized:[1]
- Eleocharis palustris subsp. iranica Kukkonen - Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan
- Eleocharis palustris subsp. palustris - most of species range
- Eleocharis palustris var. vigens L.H.Bailey - North America
- Eleocharis palustris subsp. waltersii Bureš & Danihelka - Europe and Cyprus
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ "Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roem. & Schult. common spikerush". USDA. Retrieved May 19, 2008.
- ↑ Biota of North America Program, 2013 range distribution map
- ↑ Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 198, 沼泽荸荠 zhao ze bi qi, Eleocharis palustris (Linnaeus) Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 2: 151. 1817.
- ↑ Flora of North America, Eleocharis palustris (Linnaeus) Roemer & Schultes in J. J. Roemer et al., Syst. Veg. 2: 151. 1817.
- ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, Giunchina comune, Eleocharis palustris includes photos plus distribution maps for Europe and North America
