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The genus Eleocharis is in the family Cyperaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Eleocharis

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Eleocharis abnorma Y.D.Chen	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis acuta R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis acutangula (Roxb.) Schult.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis aestuum D.M.Hines ex A.Haines	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis albibracteata Nees & Meyen ex Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis albida Torr.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis almensis D.A.Simpson	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis alveolata Svenson	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis alveolatoides S.González & Reznicek	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis amazonica C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis andamanensis Govind.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis angolensis H.E.Hess	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis antunesii H.E.Hess	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis argentina Barros	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis argyrolepis Kierulff	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis arsenifera S. González, Tena & T.Alarcon	Accepted		TRO
Eleocharis arseniflora S.González, Tena & T.Alarcón	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis atricha R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis atropurpurea (Retz.) J.Presl & C.Presl	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis atrospiculata S.González & Reznicek	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis attenuata (Franch. & Sav.) Palla	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis aurea Boeckeler	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis ayacuchensis S.González & Reznicek	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis bahamensis Boeckeler	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis bahiensis D.A.Simpson	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis baldwinii (Torr.) Chapm.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis barrosii Svenson	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis bella (Piper) Svenson	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis bernardina (Munz & I.M.Johnst.) Munz & I.M.Johnst.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis bifida S.G.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis blakeana L.A.S.Johnson & O.D.Evans	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis bolanderi A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis bonariensis Nees	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis brachycarpa Svenson	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis brainii Svenson	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis brasiliensis Boeckeler	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis brassii S.T.Blake	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis braunii H.E.Hess	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis brevicollis J.Kern	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis brittonii Svenson ex Small	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis bulbosa Kukkonen	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis caduca (Delile) Schult.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis caespitosissima Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis callensii H.E.Hess	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis callosa Y.D.Chen	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis cancellata S.Watson	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis canindeyuensis Mereles & S.González	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis capillacea Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis carniolica W.D.J.Koch	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis cellulosa Torr.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis chamaegyne L.T.Eiten	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis coloradoensis (Britton) Gilly	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis columbiensis L.E.Moro	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis complanata Boeckeler	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis compressa Sull.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis congesta D.Don	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis contracta Maury ex Micheli	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis coronata Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis crinalis (Griseb.) C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis crispovaginata Boeckeler	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis cuatrecasasii S.González & P.M.Peterson	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis cubangensis H.E.Hess	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis cylindrica Buckley	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis cylindrostachys Boeckeler	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis debilis Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis decoriglumis Berhaut	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis decumbens C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis deightonii S.S.Hooper	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis densa Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis diandra C.Wright	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis dietrichiana Boeckeler	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis difformis S.T.Blake	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis dombeyana Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis dregeana Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis dulcis (Burm.f.) Trin. ex Hensch.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis dunensis Kük.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis eglerioides S.González & Reznicek	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis elegans (Kunth) Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis elliptica Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis elongata Chapm.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis emarginata (Nees) Klotzsch ex Boeckeler	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis engelmannii Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis equisetoides (Elliott) Torr.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis erhaiensis Y.D.Chen	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis erythropoda Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis fallax Weath.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis fassettii S.González & P.M.Peterson	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis filiculmis Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis flavescens (Poir.) Urb.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis fuscopurpurea (Steud.) H.Pfeiff.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis geniculata (L.) Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis glabella Y.D.Chen	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis glauca Boeckeler	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis glaucovirens Boeckeler	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis gossweileri H.E.Hess	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis gracilis R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis grandirostris (Lindm.) Mereles	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis grisea Kük.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis grossimucronata Mereles	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis halmaturina J.M.Black	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis haumaniana Barros	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis ignota S.González & Reznicek	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis intermedia Schult.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis interstincta (Vahl) Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis jelskiana Boeckeler	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis kamtschatica (C.A.Mey.) Kom.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis keigheryi K.L.Wilson	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis kirkii C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis kleinii Barros	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis knutei Pabón & Zavaro	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis kuoi Y.D.Chen	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis kuroguwai Ohwi	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis laeviglumis R.Trevis. & Boldrini	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis laeviseta Nakai	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis lanceolata Fernald	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis lankana T.Koyama	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis lechleri Boeckeler	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis lepta C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis liesneri S.González & Reznicek	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis limosa (Schrad.) Schult.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis liogieri T.Koyama	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis liouana Tang & F.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis loefgreniana Boeckeler	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis lundellii Svenson	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis macbarronii K.L.Wilson	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis × macounii Fernald	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis macrantha Boeckeler	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis macrostachya Britton	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis maculosa (Vahl) Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis maidenii Kük.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis mamillata (H.Lindb.) H.Lindb.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis margaritacea (Hultén) Miyabe & Kudô	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis marginulata Hochst. ex Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis maximoviczii Zinserl.	Accepted		TRO
Eleocharis maximowiczii Zinserl.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis melanocarpa Torr.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis melanocephala C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis melanomphala C.B. Clarke	Accepted		TRO
Eleocharis melanostachys (d'Urv.) C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis mendocina Phil.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis microcarpa Torr.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis microlepis (Griseb.) D.A.Simpson	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis migoana Ohwi & T.Koyama	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis minarum Boeckeler	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis minima Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis minuta Boeckeler	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis minutissima Britton	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis mitracarpa Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis monantha Nelmes	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis montana (Kunth) Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis montevidensis Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis moorei M.T.Strong & S.González	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis moraosejoana S.González, C.Ulloa & P.M.Peterson	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis morroi D.A.Simpson	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis multicaulis (Sm.) Desv.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis mutata (L.) Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis nana Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis naumanniana Boeckeler	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis neozelandica C.B.Clarke ex T.Kirk.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis niederleinii Boeckeler	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis nigrescens (Nees) Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis nipponica Makino	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis nitida Fernald	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis nuda C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis nudipes (Kunth) Palla	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis nupeensis Hutch.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis obicis L.A.S.Johnson & O.D.Evans	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis obpyriformis D.A.Simpson	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schult.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis obtusitrigona (Lindl. & Nees) Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis occidentalis Mereles	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis occulta S.G.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis ochrostachys Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis oligantha C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis olivaceonux D.A.Simpson	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis onthitensis H.E.Hess	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis ovata (Roth) Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis oxylepis (Meinsh.) B.Fedtsch.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis pachycarpa É.Desv.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis pachystyla (C.Wright) C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis pallens S.T.Blake	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis papillosa Latz	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis paradoxa Y.D.Chen	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis parishii Britton	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis parodii Barros	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis parvinux Ohwi	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis parvula (Roem. & Schult.) Link ex Bluff, Nees & Schauer	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis pellucida J.Presl & C.Presl	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis penchaoi Y.D.Chen	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis philippinensis Svenson	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis plana S.T.Blake	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis plantaginea R. Br.	Accepted		TRO
Eleocharis platypus C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis plicarhachis (Griseb.) Svenson	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis pseudofistulosa H.E.Hess	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis punctulata Boeckeler ex Duss	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis pusilla R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis qinghaiensis Y.D.Chen	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis quadrangulata (Michx.) Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis quinqueflora (Hartmann) O.Schwarz	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis rabenii Boeckeler	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis radicans Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis ramboii H.E.Hess	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis ravenelii Britton	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis reichei Boeckeler	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis retroflexa (Poir.) Urb.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis reverchonii Svenson	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis reznicekii S.González, D.J.Rosen, R.Carter & P.M.Peterson	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis robbinsii Oakes	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis robusta (Boeckeler) H.E.Hess	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis rojasiana Mereles	Accepted		TRO
Eleocharis rostellata (Torr.) Torr.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis rugosa D.A.Simpson	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis rzedowskii S.González	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis schaffneri Boeckeler	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis schenckii Boeckeler	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis schlechteri C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis sellowiana Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis setifolia (A.Rich.) J.Raynal	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis setulosa P.C.Li	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis sphacelata R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis spiralis (Rottb.) Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis spongostyla H.E.Hess	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis squamigera Svenson	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis starczenkoae A.E.Kozhevn.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis steinbachii D.J.Rosen	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis stenocarpa Svenson	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis steyermarkii S.González & Reznicek	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis × subangulata T.Koyama	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis subarticulata (Nees) Boeckeler	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis subcancellata C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis subfoliata C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis suksdorfiana Beauverd	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis sundaica J.Kern	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis svensoniana S.González	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis swamyi Govind.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis tenuis (Willd.) Schult.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis testui Cherm.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis tetraquetra Nees	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis tiarata Gómez-Laur.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis torticulmis S.G.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis tortilis (Link) Schult.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis tricostata Torr.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis trilateralis Tang & F.T.Wang	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis trilophus C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis tuberculosa (Michx.) Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis tucumanensis Barros	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis tuvinica Bubnova	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis uniglumis (Link) Schult.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis urbanii Boeckeler	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis urceolata (Liebm.) Svenson	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis ussuriensis Zinserl.	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis usteri Palla	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis valleculosa Ohwi	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis variegata (Poir.) C.Presl	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis venezuelensis S.González & Reznicek	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis viridans Kük. ex Osten	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis vivipara Link	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis welwitschii Nelmes	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis wichurae Boeckeler	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis wilkensii Schuyler	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis wolfii (A.Gray) A.Gray ex Britton	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis yecorensis Roalson	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis × yezoensis H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP
Eleocharis yunnanensis Svenson	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 653 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Eleocharis. Of these 267 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 287 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Eleocharis. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 653 species names for the genus Eleocharis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	267	40.9%
◕	Synonym	363	55.6%
◕	Unplaced	7	1.1%
◕	Unassessed	16	2.5%

All names

The status of the 940 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Eleocharis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	300	31.9%
◕	Synonym	617	65.6%
◕	Unplaced	7	0.7%
◕	Unassessed	16	1.7%

Of these names,

• 5 are recorded as invalid
• 30 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 653 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Eleocharis, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	260	310	0	0	570	87.3%
	Medium confidence	5	34	0	0	39	6.0%
	Low confidence	2	19	7	16	44	6.7%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Eleocharis, are as follows: