Eleocharis geniculata

Eleocharis geniculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Eleocharis
Species: E. geniculata
Binomial name
Eleocharis geniculata
(L.) Roem. & Schult.
Synonyms[2]
  • 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.[2][3][4] 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.[5]

References

  1. ↑ http://199.212.18.27/default.asp?lang=En&n=387AADF9-1
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
  5. ↑ Flora of North America, Eleocharis geniculata (Linnaeus) Roemer & Schultes in J. J. Roemer et al., Syst. Veg. 2: 150. 1817.


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