Cyperaceae Juss.
Eleocharis acuta 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.]
  • Type: (D.J.) v.v.
Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (1 November 1817), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique Suppl. 5(1): 102 [basionym]
basionym of: Scirpus acutus (R.Br.) Poir. nom. illeg.
Boeckeler, J.O. (1878), Diagnosen teils neuer, teils ungenugend beshcriebener bekannter Cyperaceen. Flora: oder Allgemeine Botanischer Zeitung 61: 35 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Eleocharis palustris var. mucronulata Boeckeler legitimate
Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 294 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Eleocharis mucronulata Nees legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 125 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (13 May 1889), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 4: 7 [secondary reference]
Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 241 BHL [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Eleocharis gracilis R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roem. & Schult. legitimate
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 594 [secondary reference]
Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 447-448 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Scirpus acutus (R.Br.) Poir. nom. illeg.
Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 91 [secondary reference]
Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 12 [secondary reference]
Blake, S.T. (1939), A monograph of the genus Eleocharis in Australia and New Zealand. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 50(12): 114-117 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Scirpus tener Spreng. legitimate
Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 160, Fig. 216 [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 [secondary reference]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 86, Fig. 81. [secondary reference]
common name: Common Spike-rush [n/a]
Kern, J.H. (1974), Cyperaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 7(3): 533 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Eleocharis mucronulata Nees legitimate
Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 164 [secondary reference]
common name: Common Spike-rush [n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 14 [secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 40 [secondary reference]
Gray, M. & Michael, P.W. (1986), List of plants collected at the old Flemington Saleyards, Sydney, New South Wales. Plant Protection Quarterly 1(4): 140 [secondary reference]
common name: Common spikerush [n/a]
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]
common name: Common Spike-rush [n/a]
Sharpe, P. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Cyperaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 294, Fig. 42Q [secondary reference]
Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Cyperaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 374-375 [secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Eleocharis. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 107, Fig. 35B [secondary reference]
common name: Common Spike-rush [n/a]
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 432 [secondary reference]
misapplication: Eleocharis gracilis R.Br. legitimate by Blake, S.T. (1939), A monograph of the genus Eleocharis in Australia and New Zealand. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 50(12): 112-113 misapplication: Eleocharis gracilis R.Br. legitimate by Turner, J.S., Smithers, C.N. & Hoogland, R.D. (1968), The conservation of Norfolk Island: 32
Wilson, K.L. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Cyperaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 330, Fig. 67q-s [secondary reference]
common name: Common Spike-rush [n/a]
Williams, K.A.W. (1999), Native Plants of Queensland 4: 174 [secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 273 [secondary reference]
common name: Common Spike-rush [n/a]
State Herbarium of South Australia (2008), Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia: - [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Heleocharis acuta Boeckeler orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Eleocharis pallens S.T.Blake legitimate common name: Common Spike-rush [n/a]
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]
common name: Common Spikerush [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Heleocharis acuta Boeckeler orth. var. orthographic variant: Helcocharis acuta F.Muell. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Scirpus acuta Poir. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Scirpus acutus (R.Br.) Poir. nom. illeg. nomenclatural synonym: Eleocharis acuta R.Br. var. acuta legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eleocharis mucronulata var. minor Nees legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eleocharis mucronulata Nees var. mucronulata legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eleocharis mucronulata Nees legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eleocharis bivaginata Steud. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eleocharis acuta var. platylepis Hook.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Heleocharis mucronulata Boeckeler orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Heleocharis mucronulata var. minor Boeckeler orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Heleocharis palustris var. mucronulata Boeckeler orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Eleocharis palustris var. mucronulata Boeckeler legitimate taxonomic synonym: Scirpus mucronulatus (Nees) Kuntze legitimate doubtful taxonomic synonym: Scirpus acutus Spreng. nom. illeg. misapplication: Eleocharis dietrichiana Boeckeler legitimate by Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (15 April 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(1): 82 misapplication: Eleocharis dietrichiana Boeckeler legitimate by Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 12 misapplication: Eleocharis gracilis R.Br. legitimate by Blake, S.T. (1939), A monograph of the genus Eleocharis in Australia and New Zealand. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 50(12): 112-113 misapplication: Eleocharis gracilis R.Br. legitimate by Turner, J.S., Smithers, C.N. & Hoogland, R.D. (1968), The conservation of Norfolk Island: 32 misapplication: Eleocharis pallens S.T.Blake legitimate by Barker, W.R., Barker, R.M., Jessop, J. & Vonow, H. (ed.) (18 March 2005), Census of South Australian Vascular Plants 5th Edition. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens Supplement 1: 78, 379
  • APC Comment: A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index 2601 (1991) stated that Poiret did not validly make the combination Scirpus acutus. However, under Article 33.1 of the 2006 (Vienna) edition of the ICBN, this name is considered to be validly published.
  • APC Dist.: WA, SA, Qld, NSW, NI, ACT, Vic, Tas
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Eleocharis pallens S.T.Blake legitimate by Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 91
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 85 [secondary reference]