Characteristics
Monocots
Eleocharis confervoides (Poir.)Steud.
ALGAL BULRUSH
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This species had frequently been placed in the monotypic genus Websteria. DNA work places this species in Eleocharis; furthermore, the submersed, branched habit is not unique to E. confervoides and is found in other African species of Eleocharis (Hinchliff et al. 2010).
Native
OBL (NWPL)
OBL (DEP)
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Classification
Citation
ELEOCHARIS CONFERVOIDES (Poiret) Steudel, Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 82. 1855.
Scirpus confervoides Poiret 1804.
MADAGASCAR:
Species Distribution Map
Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.
Source
County
Herbaria
Literature Citation (If Applicable)
Alachua
FLAS
Baker
FLAS
Calhoun
USF
Hernando
USF
Highlands
USF
Hillsborough
USF
Jackson
FSU
Lake
USF
Leon
USF
Madison
FSU
Synonyms
Synonym
Full Citation
Basionym
Type
Baeothyron confervoides
Baeothyron confervoides (Poiret) A. Dietrich, Sp. Pl. 2: 94. 1833.
BASIONYM: Scirpus confervoides Poiret 1804.
Dulichium confervoides
Dulichium confervoides (Poiret) Alston, in Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6: 310. 1931.
BASIONYM: Scirpus confervoides Poiret 1804.
Rhynchospora ruppioides
Rhynchospora ruppioides Bentham, in Hooker, Icon. Pl. 14: 31, t. 1344. 1881.
Scirpus confervoides
Scirpus confervoides Poiret, in Lamarck, Encycl. 6: 755. 1804.
TYPE: MADAGASCAR:
Scirpus submersus
Scirpus submersus C. Wright, in Sauvalle, Anales Acad. Ci. Med. Habana 8: 79. 1871.
TYPE: CUBA:
Websteria confervoides
Websteria confervoides (Poiret) S. S. Hooper, Kew Bull. 26: 582. 1972.
BASIONYM: Scirpus confervoides Poiret 1804.
Websteria limnophila
Websteria limnophila S. H. Wright, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 14: 135. 1887.
TYPE: FLORIDA: Volusia Co.:
Websteria submersa
Websteria submersa (C. Wright) Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 16: 99. 1888.
BASIONYM: Scirpus submersus C. Wright 1871.
Specimens and Distribution
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