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June 2025

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genus

Eleocharis R.Br.

This genus name was first published in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. : 224 (1810)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000013172.

Statistics

Synonyms of Eleocharis

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Bulbostylis Steven Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 5: 355 (1817) wfo-1000048269
Limnocharis Kunth Enum. Pl. 2: 153 (1837) wfo-1200034353
Trichophyllum Ehrh. Beitr. Naturk. Verw. Wiss. 4: 147 (1789) wfo-1200034427
Baeothryon Ehrh. ex A.Dietr. Sp. Pl., ed. 6. 2: 89 (1833) wfo-4000003875
Chaetocyperus Nees Linnaea 9: 289 (1834) wfo-4000007510
Chamaegyne Suess. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 73(2): 113 (1943) wfo-4000007598
Chillania Roiv. Ann. Bot. Soc. Zool.-Bot. Fenn. "Vanamo" 4(7): 2 (1933) wfo-4000007871
Chlorocharis Rikli Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 564 (1895) wfo-4000007997
Clavula Dumort. Fl. Belg. : 143 (1827) wfo-4000008520
Egleria L.T.Eiten Phytologia 9: 481 (1964) wfo-4000013053
Eleogenus Nees Linnaea 9: 294 (1834) wfo-4000013173
Heleocharis T.Lestib. Essai Cypér. : 41 (1819) wfo-4000017187
Helonema Suess. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 73: 118 (1943) wfo-4000017306
Limnochloa P.Beauv. ex T.Lestib. Essai Cypér. : 41 (1819) wfo-4000021780
Megadenus Raf. Neogenyton : 4 (1825) wfo-4000023483
Scirpidium Nees Linnaea 9: 293 (1834) wfo-4000034690
Websteria S.H.Wright Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 14: 135 (1887) wfo-4000040572
Elaeocharis Brongn. Énum. Pl. Mus. Paris : 12 (1843) wfo-4000043740
Heliocharis Lindl. Syn. Brit. Fl. : 280 (1829) wfo-4100002229

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These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Eleocharis:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link