Characteristics
Monocots
Eleocharis montevidensis Kunth
SAND SPIKERUSH
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Native
FACW (NWPL)
OBL (DEP)
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Classification
Citation
ELEOCHARIS MONTEVIDENSIS Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 144. 1837.
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URUGUAY: Without data, Humboldt s.n. (holotype: B).
Species Distribution Map
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Synonyms
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Type
Eleocharis arenicola
Eleocharis arenicola Torrey ex Engelmann & A. Gray, Boston J. Nat. Hist. 5: 237. 1845.
TYPE: TEXAS:
Eleocharis montana subsp. montevidensis
Eleocharis montana (Kunth) Roemer & Schultes, subsp. montevidensis (Kunth) Osten, Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo, ser. 2. 3: 183. 1931.
BASIONYM: Eleocharis montevidensis Kunth 1837.
Eleocharis palmeri
Eleocharis palmeri Svenson, Rhodora 34: 223, t. 220(73-74). 1932.
TYPE: TEXAS: Valverde Co.: Wet margins of Pecos River in deep limestone canyon near the Rio Grande, s.d., Palmer 33464 (holotype: GH).
Limnochloa montevidensis
Limnochloa montevidensis (Kunth) Nees von Esenbeck, in Martius, Fl. Bras. 2(1): 99. 1842.
BASIONYM: Eleocharis montevidensis Kunth 1837.
Scirpus arenicola
Scirpus arenicola (Torrey ex Engelmann & A. Gray) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 757. 1891.
BASIONYM: Eleocharis arenicola Torrey ex Engelmann & A. Gray 1845.
Scirpus montevidensis
Scirpus montevidensis (Kunth) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 758. 1891.
BASIONYM: Eleocharis montevidensis Kunth 1837.
Trichophyllum arenicola
Trichophyllum arenicola (Torrey ex Engelmann & A. Gray) House, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 6: 204. 1920.
BASIONYM: Eleocharis arenicola Torrey ex Engelmann & A. Gray 1845.
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