469.010 Eleocharis
HELEOCHARIS T. Lestib.
WEBSTERIA S.H.Wright
Browning, J. et al. (2020) Cyperaceae Flora Zambesiaca 14 198-199
Mofao, C. & Reynders, M. (2025) Cyperaceae Tribu XI. Eleochariteae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Nouvelle Serie Jardin Botanique Meise, Belgique
Description of the genus
Annual or perennial, glabrous herbs. Stolons often present in perennials. Culms ranging from 1-2 cm to 150 cm, green, terete, angular or triangular, hollow or filled with pith, smooth or ridged, rarely with transverse septa (E. dulcis). Sheaths pale, tubular, truncate above or ending in a short lobe. Leaves 0. Inflorescence a single terminal spikelet. Lowest 1-2 glumes similar to or different from upper. Glumes spirally arranged, usually numerous; margin often transparent. Perianth segments 3-9 glabrous or barbellate bristles or 0. Stamens 1-3. Nutlet with the style base persistent as an appendage (the style base excluded in all nutlet measurements). Worldwide: c. 300 species, cosmopolitan. Zimbabwe: 11 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| acutangula (Roxb.) Schult. | N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
| atropurpurea (Retz.) C. Presl | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| brainii Svenson | W,C | |
| caduca (Delile) Schult. | W,C,E | Image |
| complanata Boeckeler | N?,C? | |
| dulcis (Burm.f.) Hensch. | C | Image |
| geniculata (L.) Roem. & Schult. | N,W | |
| marginulata Steud. | C,E,S? | Image |
| minuta Boeckeler | E | |
| nigrescens (Nees) Steud. | N?,C | |
| variegata (Poir.) C. Presl | W,C | Description, Image |
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