Cyperaceae
Eleocharis

Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roem. & Schult.

First published in Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 2: 154 (1817)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Temp. Northern Hemisphere to W. South America. It is a helophyte or perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome. It is has environmental uses.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Altay, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Central European Rus, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, East European Russia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Labrador, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Nebraska, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Panamá, Pennsylvania, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sumatera, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tennessee, Texas, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Tuva, Ukraine, Utah, Venezuela, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon

Introduced into:

Caroline Is., Gilbert Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2008). Flora Iberica 18: 1-420. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Jermy, C., Simpson, D., Foley, M. & Porter, M. (2007). Sedges of the British Isles. B.S.B.I. Handbook No. 1, ed. 3: 1-554. Botanical Society of the British Isles, London.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Krasnoborov, I.M. & Armemov, I.A. (2012). Opredelitel' Rastenii Respublika Altai: 1-640. Novosibirsk: Izd-vo SO RAN.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Nikolin, E.G. (2020). Opredelitel' vysshikh rasteniy Yakutii: 1-895. Moskva : Tovarishchestvo Nauchnykh Izdaniy KMK Novosibirsk "Nauka".
  • Rothrock, P.E. (2009). Sedges of Indiana and adjacent states: the non-Carex species: 1-271. Indiana Academy of Sciences.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
  • Walker, E.H. (1976). Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu islands: 1-1159. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., U.S.A.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • GRIN National Genetic Resources Program http://www.ars-grin.gov in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org/2016/

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Espejo Serna, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1997). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 5: 1-98. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 2: 1-694. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Krasnoborov, I.M. & Armemov, I.A. (2012). Opredelitel' Rastenii Respublika Altai: 1-640. Novosibirsk: Izd-vo SO RAN.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Nikolin, E.G. (2020). Opredelitel' vysshikh rasteniy Yakutii: 1-895. Moskva : Tovarishchestvo Nauchnykh Izdaniy KMK Novosibirsk "Nauka".
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 13, 1898 s. coll. [s.n.] Argentina K001613184 No
Jun 13, 1898 s.coll. [s.n.] Argentina K002531467 No
Jun 13, 1898 H.K.S. [s.n.] Argentina K001613185 No
Apr 18, 1896 Faurie, P. [1474] Japan K002422047 Yes
Apr 18, 1896 Faurie, P. [3196] Japan K001615288 No
Apr 18, 1896 Faurie, P. [11863] Japan K001615286 No
Apr 18, 1896 Faurie, P. [13787] Japan K001615285 No
Apr 18, 1896 Faurie, P. [150] Japan K001615287 No
Apr 18, 1896 Faurie, P. [8620] Japan K002422048 Yes
Feb 6, 1895 Brittou, N.L. [107] United States K002424805 Yes
Jan 1, 1889 [Sorrey?] [s.n.] United States K001613156 No
Aug 1, 1888 Lindheimer, F.J. [315] United States K000881795 Type Yes
Aug 1, 1888 Geyer, C.A. [s.n.] United States K001613189 No
Aug 1, 1888 Engelmann, G.M.D. [s.n.] United States K001613188 No
Aug 1, 1888 Hale, J. [s.n.] United States K002424794 No
Aug 1, 1888 Engelmann, G. [s.n.] United States K000881790 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 1, 1887 Jameson [s.n.] Colombia K001613129 No
Apr 1, 1887 Wright, C. [357] Japan K002422045 Yes
Apr 1, 1887 Bourgeau [s.n.] United States K002424791 Yes
Apr 1, 1887 Wilford, C. [443] China K001615283 No
Apr 1, 1887 Illegible [3757] Colombia K002531141 Yes
Apr 1, 1887 Bisset, J. [800] Japan K002422044 Yes
Apr 1, 1887 Illegible [s.n.] K001613163 No
Dr. Richardson [s.n.] United States K002424821 No
Maximowicz [s.n.] Japan K001615284 No
K002424808 No
Wright [s.n.] United States K001691382 No
Sullivant [s.n.] United States K001613166 No
Loring, C. G. [s.n.] Canada K001613167 No
Olney, S.T. [s.n.] United States K001613164 No
Elmer, A.D.E. [244] United States K002424806 Yes
Mueller [1973] Mexico K000632273 Unknown Type Material Yes
s. coll. [s.n.] United States K002424822 No
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K001613157 No
Bale, J. [s.n.] United States K002424823 No
Lyall [s.n.] United States K002424801 Yes
[Dr. Josney?] [s.n.] United States K001613177 No
[Maxmorriez] [s.n.] China K002422058 Yes
Arnott [S.n.] United Kingdom K002420869 No
[3133] Australia K002423125 Yes
[11660] Australia K002423129 Yes
Spruce, R. [5206] Peru K001613127 No
[Schevein?] [s.n.] United States K001613154 No
[Gorerte?] [s.n.] United States K001613179 No
Vasey, G. [s.n.] United States K002424796 No
Sartwell, M.D. [s.n.] United States K001613165 No
[ACB 36740] Australia K002423130 Yes
S.coll. [S.n.] United Kingdom K001615175 No
[20682] Australia K002423121 Yes
[3604] K002423123 Yes
Hall, H.M. [2366] United States K002424807 Yes
Schweinitz [s.n.] United States K001613161 No
Jameson [224] Colombia K002531139 Yes
Macoun, J. [s.n.] Canada K002424800 Yes
Bourgeau [s.n.] United States K001613169 No
Greene, B.D. [s.n.] United States K001613178 No
[J. Am?] [s.n.] United States K001613175 No
[Dr. Brrtt?] [s.n.] United States K002424820 No
Spruce, R. [5206] Peru K001613128 No
Srpuce, R. [5206] Peru K002531146 No
Schweinitz [s.n.] United States K001691383 No
Lindheimer, F. [315] United States K001613162 No
S.n. [S.coll.] United Kingdom K001615174 No
Abrams, L. [3848] United States K001617232 No
Moseley [s.n.] Japan K002422050 No
Maingay, A.C. [822] Japan K002422046 Yes
Bigelow, J.M. [s.n.] United States K001613180 No
Engelmann, G. M.D. [s.n.] United States K002424795 No
Greene, B.D. [s.n.] United States K001613155 No
[3190] Australia K002423128 Yes
Lindheimer, F.J. [315] United States K000881796 Unknown Type Material Yes
[7537] K002423122 Yes
Pringle, G.C. [6818] Mexico K000632268 Unknown Type Material Yes
[4714] Australia K002423120 Yes
Liebmann [s.n.] Mexico K000632272 Unknown Type Material Yes
[40010] Australia K002423126 Yes
Brown, R. [5929] Australia K000881842 Unknown Type Material Yes
[20683] Australia K002423124 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002422417 Yes
Leighton, W.A. [S.n.] United Kingdom Scirpidium aciculare K002420872 No
Hunt, G.E. [S.n.] United Kingdom Scirpus acicularis K002420827 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0