Eleocharis gracilis R.Br.
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Eleocharis gracilis R.Br. (1810)
Eleocharis gracilis R.Br.
Nomenclature
R.Br.
R.Br.
1810
ICN
Eleocharis gracilis R.Br.
species
Eleocharis gracilis
Classification
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Descriptions
Eleocharis gracilis R.Br.
2n = 20
Eleocharis gracilis R.Br.
Rhizome creeping, 1–3 mm. diam., loosely ensheathed at each node by large, us. dark red-purple, obtuse bracts with broad membr. margins. Culms (2)–3–20–(40) cm. × c. 0.5 mm., tufted or close together in a linear series, erect or curved; sheaths membr. with red-purple markings and oblique orifice. Spikelets 3–7–(8) × 1–3 mm., 5–20-fld, ovoid to almost lanceolate, subacute. Glumes oblong, obtuse, 1-nerved, membr. margin often very broad. Hypog. bristles 4–8, us. > nut. Stamens 3. Style 3-fid. Nut slightly < 1.5 mm. long, slightly < 1 mm. diam., trigonous, obovoid, light to dark brown, smooth, surmounted by the pyramidal, persistent style-base.
Taxonomic concepts
Eleocharis cunninghamii Boeck.
Eleocharis gracilis R.Br.
Eleocharis gracilis R.Br.
Eleocharis gracilis R.Br.
Eleocharis gracilis R.Br.
Eleocharis gracilis R.Br.
Eleocharis gracilis R.Br.
Eleocharis gracilis R.Br.
Eleocharis gracilis var. gracillima Hook.f.
Eleocharis gracilis R.Br.
Eleocharis gracilis var. radicans Hook.f.
Eleocharis gracilis R.Br.
Eleocharis gracillima (Hook,f.) Hook.f.
Eleocharis gracilis R.Br.
Eleocharis hookeri Boeck.
Eleocharis gracilis R.Br.
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cb28c579-3070-4eb6-9d28-d7afbbd11657
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1 January 2000