Cyperaceae Juss.
Eleocharis R.Br.
, legitimate, scientific
[Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805]:
224
[tax. nov.]
[Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants]:
125
[secondary reference]
[Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants]:
591
[secondary reference]
common name:
Spike Rush
[n/a]
[Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1]:
91
[secondary reference]
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Etymology:
"Greek helos, heleos, a marsh; khairo, to delight in."
[Blake, S.T. (1939), A monograph of the genus Eleocharis in Australia and New Zealand. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 50(12)]:
88-132
[secondary reference]
[Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1]:
160
[secondary reference]
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Etymology:
"From the Greek helos, heleos, a marsh, and khairo, I delight in"
[Tindale, M.D. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (1958), The Pteridophyta of Arnhem Land. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology]:
171
[secondary reference]
[Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains]:
493, Fig. 59A, B
[secondary reference]
[Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory]:
85-86
[secondary reference]
[Aston, H.I. (1973), Aquatic Plants of Australia]:
199-202
[secondary reference]
[Kern, J.H. (1974), Cyperaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 7(3)]:
522-537
[secondary reference]
[Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants]:
1139
[secondary reference]
[Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales]:
164-166
[secondary reference]
common name:
Spike-rushes
[n/a]
[Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales]:
14
[secondary reference]
[Latz, P.K. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Cyperaceae (most genera). Flora of Central Australia]:
509
[secondary reference]
[Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Cyperaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2]:
881
[secondary reference]
[Sharpe, P. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Cyperaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3]:
288-289
[secondary reference]
common name:
Spikerushes
[n/a]
[Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Cyperaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region]:
1061-1062
[secondary reference]
[Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Cyperaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4]:
370
[secondary reference]
common name:
Spike-rush
[n/a]
[Curtis, W.M. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Eleocharis. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B]:
106
[secondary reference]
[Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49]:
432
[secondary reference]
[Wilson, K.L. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Cyperaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2]:
326-327
[secondary reference]
[Goetghebeur, P. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1998), Cyperaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 4]:
166
[secondary reference]
[Cowie, I.D. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Cyperaceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia]:
251-252
[secondary reference]
[Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1]:
273
[secondary reference]
[State Herbarium of South Australia (2008), Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia]:
-
[secondary reference]
[Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3]:
301
[secondary reference]
[National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online]:
-
[secondary reference]
[Western Australian Herbarium (2011), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.6]:
-
[secondary reference]
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census]:
-
APC
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Heleocharis T.Lestib.
orth. var.
orthographic variant:
Elaeocharis Hensch.
orth. var.
orthographic variant:
Helcocharis F.Muell.
orth. var.
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APC Dist.:
WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW (native and naturalised), NI, ACT, Vic, Tas