Genus
Eleocharis (Spikerushes)
Eleocharis macrostachya. Photo: (c) 2003 Keir Morse, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
Eleocharis is a virtually cosmopolitan genus of 250 or more species of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. The name is derived from the Greek words ἕλειος (heleios), meaning “marsh dweller,” and χάρις (charis), meaning “grace.” Members of the genus are known commonly as spikerushes or spikesedges. The genus has a geographically cosmopolitan distribution, with centers of diversity in the Amazon Rainforest and adjacent eastern slopes of the South American Andes, northern Australia, eastern North…
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