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Eleocharis ovata

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Internal ID UUID643ff8e27c143438411223
Scientific name Eleocharis ovata
Authority (Roth) Roem. & Schult.
First published in Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 152 (1817)

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The ovate spikerush is native to North America, where it is found in wet areas such as marshes, swamps, and wet meadows. It is also found in parts of Europe and Asia. The ovate spikerush is a popular ornamental plant, and is used in water gardens and ponds. It is also used in erosion control and as a food source for wildlife.

Eleocharis ovata, or the ovate spikerush, is an annual grass in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to North America, Europe, and Asia, and is found in wet areas such as marshes, swamps, and wet meadows. It grows to 1.5 feet tall and has simple, broad leaves and green flowers. It is a popular ornamental plant, used in water gardens and ponds, and is also used in erosion control and as a food source for wildlife.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Bulbostylis ovatus (Roth) Steven Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 5: 355 (1817)
Clavula ovata Dumort. Fl. Belg. : 143 (1827)
Cyperus ovatus Missbach & E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. Abbild. , ed. 2, 2: 25 (1900)
Eleocharis annua House Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Sci. 243-244: 58 (1923)
Eleocharis soloniensis (Dubois) H.Hara J. Jap. Bot. 14: 338 (1938)
Eleogenus ovatus Nees Linnaea 9: 294 (1834)
Scirpus annuus Thuill. Fl. Env. Paris , ed. 2: 22 (1799)
Scirpus capitatus Schreb. Spic. Fl. Lips. : 60 (1771)
Scirpus compressus Moench Methodus : 849 (1794)
Scirpus elegantulus Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 317 (1855)
Scirpus multicaulis C.C.Gmel. Fl. Bad. 1: 96 (1805)
Scirpus ovatus Roth Tent. Fl. Germ. 2(2): 562. 1793 Catal. Bot. 1: 5. 1797
Scirpus soloniensis Dubois Méth. Éprouv. , ed. 2: 249 (1833)
Scirpus turgidus Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 66 (1805)
Trichophyllum ovatum (Roth) House Amer. Midl. Naturalist 6: 205 (1920)
Eleocharis ovata var. aphanactis J.W.Moore Rhodora 52: 54 (1950)
Eleocharis ovata var. italica A.Terracc. Malpighia 2: 310. 1889
Eleocharis ovata f. sessitensis A.Terracc. Malpighia 2: 311 1889
Eleocharis ovata var. humifusa A.Terracc. Malpighia 2: 311. 1889
Eleocharis soloniensis var. nipponica H.Hara J. Jap. Bot. 14: 338. 1938
Eleocharis ovata var. obtusa Kük. ex Skottsb. Acta Horti Gothob. 2: 212. 1926
Bulbostylis ovata Steven Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 5: 355 (1817)
Eleocharis ovata var. heuseri Uechtr.
Eleocharis obtusa var. ovata (Roth) Drapalik & Mohlenbr. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 44: 341. 1960

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Language Common/alternative name
English oval spike-rush
English ovate spikerush
Belarusian балотніца яйцападобная
Czech bahnička vejčitá
German eiförmiges sumpfsimse
German eiförmige sumpfbinse
Estonian munajas alss
Finnish soikkoluikka
French scirpe à inflorescence ovoïde
Upper Sorbian jejkojta syćawka
Dutch eivormige waterbies
Polish ponikło jajowate
Chinese 卵穗荸荠

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  • Asia-temperate
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus
    • China
      • China North-central
      • China South-central
      • Inner Mongolia
      • Manchuria
      • Qinghai
    • Eastern Asia
      • Japan
      • Korea
    • Middle Asia
      • Kazakhstan
    • Russian Far East
      • Primorye
    • Siberia
      • Altay
      • Buryatiya
      • West Siberia
      • Yakutskiya
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Baltic States
      • Belarus
      • Central European Russia
      • East European Russia
      • North European Russia
      • Northwest European Russia
      • South European Russia
      • Ukraine
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Netherlands
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Romania
      • Sicilia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • France
  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • New Brunswick
      • Newfoundland
      • Nova Scotia
      • Ontario
      • Prince Edward Island
      • Québec
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Iowa
      • Minnesota
      • Oklahoma
      • Wisconsin
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut
      • Indiana
      • Maine
      • Massachusetts
      • Michigan
      • New Hampshire
      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
      • Rhode Island
      • Vermont
      • West Virginia
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Oregon
      • Washington
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Kentucky
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona
    • Western Canada
      • Alberta
      • British Columbia

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000405530
Canadensys 5250
USDA Plants ELOV
Tropicos 9901900
Flora of Italy 8042
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1086076-2
The Plant List kew-242727
Open Tree Of Life 449224
Observations.org 2484
NCBI Taxonomy 280067
Nature Serve 2.160993
IPNI 1086076-2
iNaturalist 76780
GBIF 2717641
WisFlora 3488
EPPO ELOOV
EOL 1120160
Elurikkus 4501
Calflora (Californian flora) 9892
Wikipedia Eleocharis_ovata

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

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Formalized classification of ephemeral wetland vegetation (Isoëto-Nanojuncetea class) in Poland (Central Europe) Kącki Z, Łysko A, Dajdok Z, Kobierski P, Krawczyk R, Nowak A, Rosadziński S, Popiela AA PeerJ 10-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8362674
doi:10.7717/peerj.11703
PMID:34434642
Rediscovery of Cyperus flavescens (Cyperaceae) on the northeast periphery of its range in Europe Marciniuk P, Marciniuk J, Łysko A, Krajewski Ł, Chudecka J, Skrzyczyńska J, Popiela AA PeerJ 14-Sep-2020
PMCID:PMC7497605
doi:10.7717/peerj.9837
PMID:32983639
Seed germination traits shape community assembly along a hydroperiod gradient Rosbakh S, Phartyal SS, Poschlod P Ann Bot 17-Aug-2019
PMCID:PMC6948216
doi:10.1093/aob/mcz139
PMID:31420645
Correlated evolution of LTR retrotransposons and genome size in the genus eleocharis Zedek F, Šmerda J, Šmarda P, Bureš P BMC Plant Biol 30-Nov-2010
PMCID:PMC3095338
doi:10.1186/1471-2229-10-265
PMID:21118487

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