Characteristics
Monocots
Eleocharis nigrescens (Nees)Steud.
BLACK SPIKERUSH
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Not Native FACW (NWPL) OBL (DEP)
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Classification
POALES
Eleocharis nigrescens (Nees)Steud. - BLACK SPIKERUSH
Citation
ELEOCHARIS NIGRESCENS (Nees von Esenbeck) Steudel, Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 77. 1854.
Scirpidium nigrescens Nees von Esenbeck 1842.
BRAZIL: Bahia: Without data, Salzmann s.n. (holotype: CGE).
Species Distribution Map

Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.

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County
County - Species Present
Source
County
Herbaria
Literature Citation (If Applicable)
Charlotte
Lit
 
Collier
USF
 
DeSoto
USF
 
Franklin
FTG
 
Glades
Lit
 
Hendry
DPI
 
Hernando
USF
 
Highlands
Lit
 
Hillsborough
USF
 
Lee
USF
 
Synonyms
Synonym
Full Citation
Basionym
Type
Eleocharis carolina
Eleocharis carolina Small, Man. S.E. Fl. 165, 1503. 1933.
 
TYPE: SOUTH CAROLINA:
Eleocharis hildebrandtii
Eleocharis hildebrandtii Boeckeler, Flora 61: 34. 1878.
 
TYPE: ZANZIBAR:
Eleocharis minutiflora
Eleocharis minutiflora Boeckeler, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 7: 274. 1886.
 
TYPE: VIRGIN ISLANDS: St. Thomas: Krum Bay, s.d., Eggers 546 (holotype: ?; isotype: CAS).
Eleocharis nigrescens var. minutiflora
Eleocharis nigrescens (Nees von Esenbeck) Steudel, var. minutiflora (Boeckeler) Svenson, Rhodora 39: 226. 1937.
BASIONYM: Eleocharis minutiflora Boeckeler 1886.
 
Eleocharis perrieri
Eleocharis perrieri Chermezon, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 73: 554. 1926.
 
TYPE: MADAGASCAR:
Isolepis nigrescens
Isolepis nigrescens (Nees von Esenbeck) Steudel, Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 91. 1855.
BASIONYM: Scirpidium nigrescens Nees von Esenbeck 1842.
 
Scirpidium nigrescens
Scirpidium nigrescens Nees von Esenbeck, in Martius, Fl. Bras. 2(1): 97. 1842.
 
TYPE: BRAZIL: Bahia: Without data, Salzmann s.n. (holotype: CGE).
Scirpus microlepis
Scirpus microlepis Grisebach, Cat. Pl. Cub. 239. 1866.
 
TYPE: CUBA:
Specimens and Distribution

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Counties listed: Collier, DeSoto, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lee, Levy, Martin, Okeechobee, Orange, Wakul

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1957 - 2019

Accession No.
Country
State
County
Collection Date
Collector & Collection No
Notes
Image
USA
Florida
Collier Co.
05 Oct 1965
29185A
O. K. Lakela
USA
Florida
DeSoto Co.
15 Sep 2008
917
A. R. Franck
USA
Florida
Hernando Co.
27 Sep 1959
7226
G. R. Cooley
USA
Florida
Hillsborough Co.
25 Oct 1960
23458
O. K. Lakela
USA
Florida
Hillsborough Co.
29 Oct 1962
25498
O. K. Lakela
USA
Florida
Hillsborough Co.
29 Oct 1962
25499
O. K. Lakela
USA
Florida
Hillsborough Co.
17 Mar 1995
10645
R. P. Wunderlin
USA
Florida
Hillsborough Co.
22 Oct 1994
10640
R. P. Wunderlin
USA
Florida
Hillsborough Co.
21 Oct 2009
186
S. Dickman
USA
Florida
Hillsborough Co.
07 Oct 2009
154
S. Dickman
Plant Photos
Eleocharis nigrescens - 147
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