Eleocharis quinqueflora

Fewflower spikerush
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Eleocharis
Species:
E. quinqueflora
Binomial name
Eleocharis quinqueflora
(Hartmann) O. Schwarz
Synonyms[1]
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    • Baeothryon halleri (Vill.) T.Nees
    • Baeothryon pauciflorum (Lightf.) A.Dietr.
    • Clavula boeotryon (L.f.) Dumort.
    • Cyperus pauciflorus (Lightf.) Missbach & E.H.L.Krause
    • Eleocharis atacamensis Phil.
    • Eleocharis baeothryon (L.f.) Nees
    • Eleocharis baeothryon Schult.
    • Eleocharis czernjajevi Zoz
    • Eleocharis fernaldii (Svenson) Á.Löve
    • Eleocharis meridionalis Zinserl.
    • Eleocharis obscura T.Koyama
    • Eleocharis pauciflora (Lightf.) Link
    • Eleocharis pauciflora var. fernaldii Svenson
    • Eleocharis quinqueflora subsp. fernaldii (Svenson) Hultén
    • Eleocharis quinqueflora subsp. meridionalis (Zinserl.) T.V.Egorova
    • Eleocharis vierhapperi Bojko
    • Isolepis andina Phil.
    • Limnochloa baeothryon (L.f.) Rchb.
    • Limnochloa pauciflora (Lightf.) Peterm.
    • Scirpus atacamensis (Phil.) Kuntze
    • Scirpus baeothryon L.f.
    • Scirpus campestris Rottb.
    • Scirpus cespitosus Pollich
    • Scirpus graecus Quézel & Contandr.
    • Scirpus halleri Vill.
    • Scirpus pauciflorus Lightf.
    • Scirpus pauciflorus var. fernaldii (Svenson) Hiitonen
    • Scirpus quinqueflorus Hartmann
    • Scirpus sepium Honck.
    • Trichophorum pauciflorum (Lightf.) Pignatti
    • Trichophorum vierhapperi (Bojko) Pignatti

Eleocharis quinqueflora is a species of spikesedge known by the common names fewflower spikerush[2] and few-flowered spike-rush.[3] It is widespread across Europe, North Africa, northern Asia (Siberia, China, Kazakhstan, Himalayas, etc.), and North America (Canada, Greenland, northern and western US). There are also isolated populations in Argentina and Chile.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

Eleocharis quinqueflorais a resident of wet meadows, bogs, hot springs, and other moist places. This is a rhizomatous perennial approaching a maximum height of 40 centimeters. The thin, flattened stems are surrounded by papery reddish to green leaf sheaths and topped with dark inflorescences. The spikelet is lance-shaped to oval and less than a centimeter long. It contains two to seven flowers, each of which is covered with a brown or black bract. The fruit is a yellow-brown achene two or three millimeters long.[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Eleocharis quinqueflora (Hartmann) O.Schwarz". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  2. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Eleocharis quinqueflora​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  3. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  4. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. ^ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map
  6. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Giunchina a 5 fiori, Eleocharis quinqueflora (Hartman) Schwarz includes photos plus distribution maps for Europe and North America
  7. ^ Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  8. ^ Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Conspectus Florae Caucasi 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
  9. ^ Jermy, C., Simpson, D., Foley, M. & Porter, M. (2007). Sedges of the British Isles. B.S.B.I. Handbook No. 1 , ed. 3: 1-554. Botanical Society of the British Isles, London.
  10. ^ Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  11. ^ Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  12. ^ Zuloaga, F. O., O. N. Morrone, M. J. Belgrano, C. Marticorena & E. Marchesi. (eds.) 2008. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107(1–3): i–xcvi, 1–3348.
  13. ^ Flora of North America, Eleocharis quinqueflora (Hartmann) O. Schwarz, Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Ges. 1: 89. 1949.
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