Eleocharis dulcis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Cyperaceae
Subfamilia: Cyperoideae
Tribus: Eleocharideae
Genus: Eleocharis
Species: Eleocharis dulcis

Name

Eleocharis dulcis (Burm.f.) Trin. ex Hensch., Vita Rumphii: 186 (1833).

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Andropogon dulcis Burm.f., Fl. Indica: 219 (1768).
  • Heterotypic
    • Scirpus plantaginoides Rottb., Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl.: 45 (1773).
    • Scirpus plantagineus Retz., Observ. Bot. 5: 14 (1788).
    • Scirpus tuberosus Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 3: 25 (1815), nom. illeg.
    • Eleocharis plantaginea (Retz.) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 150 (1817).
    • Scirpus dubius Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 215 (1820).
    • Scirpus tumidus Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 212 (1820).
    • Eleocharis tuberosa Schult., Mant. 2: 86 (1824).
    • Eleocharis tumida (Roxb.) Schult., Mant. 2: 86 (1824).
    • Eleocharis equisetina J.Presl & C.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 195 (1828).
    • Limnochloa plantaginea (Retz.) Nees in R.Wight, Contr. Bot. India: 114 (1834).
    • Limnochloa tumida (Roxb.) Nees in R.Wight, Contr. Bot. India: 114 (1834).
    • Carex tuberosa (Schult.) Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 35 (1837), nom. illeg.
    • Scirpus spiralis Willd. ex Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 153 (1837).
    • Eleocharis austrocaledonica Vieill., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 16: 38 (1862).
    • Eleocharis esculenta Vieill., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 16: 37 (1862).
    • Eleocharis plantaginea var. stolonifera Boeckeler, Beitr. Cyper. 2: 14 (1890).
    • Eleocharis plantaginoidea W.Wight, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 9: 267 (1905), nom. superfl.
    • Eleocharis plantaginoides (Rottb.) Domin, Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 445 (1915).
    • Eleocharis indica (Lour.) Druce, Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 1916: 621 (1917).
    • Eleocharis dulcis var. tuberosa (Schult.) T.Koyama, J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 8: 97 (1961).
    • Eleocharis plantagineiformis Tang & F.T.Wang, Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 11: 225 (1961).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Trop. & Subtrop. Old World
      • Andaman Is.; Angola; Bangladesh; Botswana; Burkina; Cambodia; Caroline Is.; Chad; China South-Central; China Southeast; Congo; Fiji; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Hainan; India; Ivory Coast; Japan; Jawa; Kenya; Korea; Lesser Sunda Is.; Liberia; Madagascar; Malaya; Mali; Maluku; Marianas; Mauritius; Mozambique; Myanmar; Namibia; Nansei-shoto; New Caledonia; New Guinea; New South Wales; Nigeria; Northern Territory; Pakistan; Philippines; Queensland; Samoa; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Sri Lanka; Sulawesi; Sumatera; Taiwan; Tanzania; Thailand; Togo; Tonga; Uganda; Vietnam; Wallis-Futuna Is.; Western Australia; Zambia; Zare; Zimbabwe

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Wasserkastanie
English: Chinese water chestnut
español: cabezas de negrito, nuez china
suomi: Kastanjaluikka
magyar: Vízigesztenye
Nederlands: Chinese waterkastanje
lea faka-Tonga: kuta
吴语: 地栗
中文（简体）: 荸荠
中文（繁體）: 荸薺
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