Eleocharis palustris

Life-forms

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 palustris
Subspecies: E. p. subsp. iranica – E. p. subsp. palustris – E. p. subsp. waltersii
Varietas: E. p. var. vigens
Name

Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 151 (1817).
Synonyms

Basionym
Scirpus palustris L., Sp. Pl.: 47 (1753).
Homotypic
Schoenus palustris (L.) Bernh., Syst. Verz. Erf.: 26 (1800).
Scirpus palustris var. major Schrad., Fl. Germ.: 127 (1806), not validly publ.
Bulbostylis palustris (L.) Steven, Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 5: 355 (1817).
Megadenus palustris (L.) Raf., Neogenyton: 4 (1825).
Clavula palustris (L.) Dumort., Fl. Belg.: 143 (1827).
Cyperus palustris (L.) Sessé & Moc., Fl. Mexic.: 16 (1893).
Chlorocharis palustris (L.) Rikli, Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 564 (1895).
Trichophyllum palustre (L.) House, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 6: 205 (1920).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Temp. Northern Hemisphere to Himalaya
Afghanistan; Alabama; Alaska; Albania; Alberta; Algeria; Altay; Arizona; Arkansas; Austria; Azores; Baleares; Baltic States; Bangladesh; Belarus; Belgium; British Columbia; Bulgaria; Buryatiya; California; Canary Is.; Central European Russia; China North-Central; Chita; Colorado; Connecticut; Corse; Cyprus; Czechoslovakia; Delaware; Denmark; East Aegean Is.; East European Russia; Egypt; Finland; France; Froyar; Germany; Great Britain; Greece; Greenland; Hungary; Iceland; Idaho; Illinois; Indiana; Inner Mongolia; Iowa; Iran; Iraq; Ireland; Irkutsk; Italy; Japan; Kansas; Kazakhstan; Kentucky; Kirgizstan; Krasnoyarsk; Kriti; Krym; Kuril Is.; Labrador; Lebanon-Syria; Libya; Louisiana; Madeira; Maine; Manchuria; Manitoba; Maryland; Masachusettes; Mexico Northeast; Michigan; Minnesota; Mississippi; Missouri; Mongolia; Montana; Morocco; Nebraska; Nepal; Netherlands; Nevada; New Brunswick; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New Mexico; New York; Newfoundland; North Carolina; North Caucasus; North Dakota; North European Russia; Northwest European Russia; Northwest Territorie; Norway; Nova Scotia; Nunavut; Ohio; Oklahoma; Ontario; Oregon; Pakistan; Palestine; Pennsylvania; Poland; Portugal; Prince Edward I.; Qinghai; Quebec; Rhode I.; Romania; Sakhalin; Sardegna; Saskatchewan; Sicilia; South Carolina; South Dakota; South European Russia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Tennessee; Texas; Transcaucasus; Tunisia; Turkey; Turkey-in-Europe; Tuva; Ukraine; Utah; Vermont; Virginia; Washington; West Siberia; West Virginia; Wisconsin; Wyoming; Xinjiang; Yakutskiya; Yemen; Yugoslavia; Yukon

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

Roemer, J.J. & Schultes, J.A. 1817. Caroli a Linné equitis Systema Vegetabilium secundum classes ordines genera species. Cum characteribus, differentiis et synonymiis. Editio nova, speciebus inde ab editione XV. detectis aucta et locupletata. Vol. 1. XXVIII+642 pp. Sumtibus J. G. Cottae, Stuttgardtiae [Stuttgart]. BHL Reference page. : 2:151.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Eleocharis palustris in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Feb 16. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Eleocharis palustris. Published online. Accessed: Feb 16 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Eleocharis palustris in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Feb 16. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Eleocharis palustris. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Feb 16.
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. [1]

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Gewöhnliche Sumpfbinse
suomi: Rantaluikka
français: Scirpe des marais

Eleocharis palustris, the common spike-rush, creeping spike-rush or marsh spike-rush, is a species of mat-forming perennial flowering plants in the sedge family Cyperaceae. It grows in wetlands in Europe, North Africa, northern and central Asia (Siberia, China, Mongolia, Iran, Nepal, etc.) and North America (United States, Canada, Greenland, northern Mexico).[2][3][4][5][6][7] Eleocharis palustris is not easily distinguished from other closely related species and is extremely variable worldwide itself. The species epithet palustris is Latin for "of the marsh" and indicates its common habitat.[8]
Subspecies and varieties

Numerous names have been proposed for subspecies and varieties. The following are recognized:[2]

Eleocharis palustris subsp. iranica Kukkonen - Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan
Eleocharis palustris subsp. palustris - most of species range
Eleocharis palustris var. vigens L.H.Bailey - North America
Eleocharis palustris subsp. waltersii Bureš & Danihelka - Europe and Cyprus

Eleocharis palustris in Rehovot vernal pool, Israel
References

"Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roem. & Schult". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
"Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roem. & Schult. common spikerush". USDA. Retrieved May 19, 2008.
Biota of North America Program, 2013 range distribution map
Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 198, 沼泽荸荠 zhao ze bi qi, Eleocharis palustris (Linnaeus) Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 2: 151. 1817.
Flora of North America, Eleocharis palustris (Linnaeus) Roemer & Schultes in J. J. Roemer et al., Syst. Veg. 2: 151. 1817.
Altervista Flora Italiana, Giunchina comune, Eleocharis palustris includes photos plus distribution maps for Europe and North America
Archibald William Smith A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins , p. 258, at Google Books