African Plant Database


Eleocharis dulcis (Burm. f.) Trin. ex Hensch.
Family : CYPERACEAE
Protologue : Vita Rumphii 186 (1833)
Information on the genus : Eleocharis
Basionym : Andropogon dulcis Burm. f.
 
 
Status
Status for MA : accepted (present)
Status for SA : accepted (present)
Status for TA : accepted (present)
 
Synonym(s) Homotypic
 Andropogon dulcis Burm. f. (1768)
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=Scirpus tuberosus Desf. (1798)
=Eleocharis sphacelata Boeckeler (1880)
=Eleocharis plantaginea R. Br. (1810)
=Cyperus dulcis Rumph.
=Eleocharis plantaginoides Domin (1915)
=Scirpus plantaginoides Rottb. (1773)
=Eleocharis tuberosa Schult. (1824)
=Eleocharis dulcis var. tuberosa (Schult.) T. Koyama (1961)
=Eleocharis equisetina J. Presl & C. Presl (1828)
=*Scirpus tuberosus Roxb. (1814)
 
Ecology and distribution
South. Afr.
Biol./Eco : perennial-Herb, Emergent hydrophyte, Cyperoid- Ht 0.5 - 2.7 m. Alt: 3 - 1000 m. Distribution: BOT, KN
Mada.
Biol./Eco : Herb; distribution: Mascarenes, Seychelles, Africa, Asia, Australasia/Pacific,

Bibliography for Southern Africa :
  • Hutchinson, J. & J.M. Dalziel (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa: Second Edition 3[2]: 313-314
 
More info on :
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative
see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale
see under Catalogue de Madagascar
see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden
see under Flora of Zimbabwe
 
Map
carte afrique num 36606
 
Record n°36606
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