Eleocharis geniculata
A species in the Cyperaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Eleocharis
- Species
- Eleocharis geniculata
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1817
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Eleocharis geniculata. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
50 synonyms in this snapshot
- Bulbostylis capitataName author: (L.) Steven
- Bulbostylis geniculataName author: (L.) Steven
- Chlorocharis capitataName author: (L.) Rikli
- Chlorocharis geniculataName author: (L.) Rikli
- Cyperus capitatusName author: (L.) Burm.f. ex B.D.Jacks.
- Eleocharis brizanthaName author: Steud.
- Eleocharis capitataName author: (L.) R.Br.
- Eleocharis capitataName author: Miq.
- Eleocharis capitata var. disparName author: (E.J.Hill) Fernald
- Eleocharis capitata var. typicaName author: Svenson
- Eleocharis caribaeaName author: (Rottb.) S.F.Blake
- Eleocharis caribaea var. achlamydeaName author: Zavaro & Pabón
- Eleocharis caribaea var. disparName author: (E.J.Hill) S.F.Blake
- Eleocharis caribaea var. stokesiiName author: F.Br.
- Eleocharis densesquamataName author: Steud.
- Eleocharis disparName author: E.J.Hill
- Eleocharis geniculata f. brunneaName author: S.González & Reznicek
- Eleocharis geniculata f. geniculataName author: Not supplied
- Eleocharis geniculata var. minorName author: (Vahl) Roem. & Schult.
- Eleocharis kirkiiName author: C.B.Clarke
- Eleocharis melanospermaName author: Steud.
- Eleocharis mexicanaName author: Peyr.
- Eleocharis ripariaName author: Nees ex Spreng.
- Eleocharis setaceaName author: R.Br.
- Eleocharis singularisName author: Steud.
- Eleocharis sintenisiiName author: Boeckeler
- Eleocharis validaName author: Boeckeler
- Eleogenus capitatusName author: (L.) Nees ex Mart.
- Eleogenus capitatusName author: (L.) Nees
- Eleogenus capitatus var. intermediusName author: Nees
- Eleogenus capitatus var. majorName author: Nees
- Eleogenus capitatus var. minorName author: Nees
- Eleogenus capitatus var. recurvusName author: Nees
- Limnochloa constrictaName author: (Schrad. ex Kunth) Nees
- Limnochloa densaName author: Liebm.
- Limnochloa geniculataName author: (L.) Nees
- Megadenus capitatusName author: (L.) Raf.
- Scirpus atrofactusName author: Steud.
- Scirpus browniiName author: Spreng.
- Scirpus capitatusName author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)
- Scirpus caribaeusName author: Rottb.
- Scirpus constrictusName author: Schrad. ex Kunth
- Scirpus constrictusName author: (Nees) Griseb.
- Scirpus depressusName author: Vell.
- Scirpus geniculatusName author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)
- Scirpus geniculatus var. minorName author: Vahl
- Scirpus interstinctusName author: Poepp. ex C.Presl
- Scirpus repensName author: Willd.
- Scirpus validusName author: (Boeckeler) Kuntze
- Trichophyllum capitatumName author: (L.) House
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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