| Eleocharis dulcis (Burm. f.) Trin. ex Hensch. |
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| Protologue : Vita Rumphii 186 (1833) |
| Information on the genus : Eleocharis |
| Basionym : Andropogon dulcis Burm. f. |
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Status
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| Status for MA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Andropogon dulcis Burm. f. (1768) |
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| 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) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Perennial herb 0,2-1,3 m tall; rhizome creeping, with stolons terminating in tubers 1-1,5 cm Ø; culms tufted from a contracted base, bright green, rounded (rarely 4-angled), hollow, 4-8 mm Ø, septate at 3-10 cm intervals, contracted immediately below spikelet; leaf sheaths to 1/2 or 1/3 of culm height, ending in a triangular lobe; spikelet pale green, cylindric, 2,5-5 cm long, 2-6 mm Ø, narrower than culm. |
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| Ecology : |
Swamps; shallow parts of lakes; in deeper parts of marshes close to open water; at wooded ponds by river; river banks; edges of mangroves; humid rice fields; ponds, often in standing water, submerged or forming floating mats; sometimes locally common or forming pure stands; sometimes in salt or brackish water; 0-2170 m alt. – Troublesome in irrigated crops. |
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Variable species: stems and spikelets may be very short and narrow, perhaps due to dry habitat conditions. |
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| Biol./Eco : |
perennial-Herb, Emergent hydrophyte, Cyperoid- Ht 0.5 - 2.7 m. Alt: 3 - 1000 m. Distribution: BOT, KN |
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| Biol./Eco : |
Herb; distribution: Mascarenes, Seychelles, Africa, Asia, Australasia/Pacific, |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- BOUDET G. & J.P. LEBRUN (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. Etudes et Synthèses IEMVT 16 : 369
- Cat. Pl. Vasc. Burkina Faso:48 (2012)
- CÉSAR J. & C. CHATELAIN (2019). Flore illustrée du Tchad. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève, Coopération Suisse & Univ. N'Djaména : 113
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- HUTCHINSON, J. & J.M. DALZIEL (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa: Second Edition 3[2]: 313-314
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| 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 |
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