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Classification for Kingdom Plantae Down to Genus Eleocharis R. Br.

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Kingdom  Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom  Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision  Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division  Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class  Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass  Commelinidae
Order  Cyperales
Family  Cyperaceae – Sedge family
Genus  Eleocharis R. Br. – spikerush P
 
Contains 76 Species and 87 accepted taxa overall
 
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Species  Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roem. & Schult. – needle spikerush P
Variety  Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roem. & Schult. var. acicularis – needle spikerush P
Variety  Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roem. & Schult. var. porcata S.G. Sm. P
Species  Eleocharis acutangula (Roxb.) Schult. – acute spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis aestuum D.M. Hines ex A. Haines – tidal spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis albida Torr. – white spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis atropurpurea (Retz.) J. Presl & C. Presl – purple spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis austrotexana M.C. Johnst. – Rio Grande spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis baldwinii (Torr.) Chapm. – Baldwin's spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis bella (Piper) Svens. – beautiful spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis bicolor Chapm. – two-tone spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis bifida S.G. Sm. – Glades spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis bolanderi A. Gray – Bolander's spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis brachycarpa Svens. – shortfruit spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis brittonii Svens. ex Small – Britton's spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis cancellata S. Watson – Arizona spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis cellulosa Torr. – Gulf Coast spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis compressa Sull. – flatstem spikerush P
Variety  Eleocharis compressa Sull. var. acutisquamata (Buckley) S.G. Sm. – sharpscale spikerush P
Variety  Eleocharis compressa Sull. var. compressa – flatstem spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis congesta D. Don – spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis cylindrica Buckley – cylinder spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis decumbens C.B. Clarke – decumbent spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis diandra C. Wright – Wright's spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis dulcis (Burm. f.) Trin. ex Henschel – Chinese water chestnut P
Species  Eleocharis elegans (Kunth) Roem. & Schult. – elegant spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis elliptica Kunth – elliptic spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis elongata Chapm. – slim spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis engelmannii Steud. – Engelmann's spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis equisetoides (Elliot) Torr. – jointed spikesedge P
Species  Eleocharis erythropoda Steud. – bald spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis fallax Weath. – creeping spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis flavescens (Poir.) Urb. – yellow spikerush P
Variety  Eleocharis flavescens (Poir.) Urb. var. flavescens – yellow spikerush P
Variety  Eleocharis flavescens (Poir.) Urb. var. thermalis (Rydb.) Cronquist – yellow spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis geniculata (L.) Roem. & Schult. – Canada spikesedge P
Species  Eleocharis halophila (Fernald & Brack.) Fernald & Brack. – saltmarsh spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis intermedia Schult. – matted spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis interstincta (Vahl) Roem. & Schult. – knotted spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis kamtschatica (C.A. Mey.) Kom. – Kamchatka spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis lanceolata Fernald – daggerleaf spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis macounii Fernald – Macoun's spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis macrostachya Britton – pale spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis mamillata (Lindb. f.) Lindb. f. – soft-stem spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis melanocarpa Torr. – blackfruit spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis microcarpa Torr. – smallfruit spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis minima Kunth – small spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis montana (Kunth) Roem. & Schult. – mountain spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis montevidensis Kunth – sand spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis mutata (L.) Roem. & Schult. – scallion grass P
Species  Eleocharis nana Kunth – hair-like spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis nigrescens (Nees) Steud. – black spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis nitida Fernald – quill spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schult. – blunt spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis occulata S.G. Sm. – limestone spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis ochrostachys Steud. – spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis oligantha Clarke – fewflowered spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis olivacea Torr. – bright green spikerush P
Variety  Eleocharis olivacea Torr. var. olivacea – bright green spikerush P
Variety  Eleocharis olivacea Torr. var. reductiseta (Schuyler & Ferren) Schuyler & Ferren – bright green spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis ovata (Roth) Roem. & Schult. – ovate spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis pachycarpa Desv. – black sand spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis pachystyla (C. Wright) C.B. Clarke – false junco P
Species  Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roem. & Schult. – common spikerush P
Variety  Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roem. & Schult. var. palustris – common spikerush P
Variety  Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roem. & Schult. var. vigens L.H. Bailey P
Species  Eleocharis parishii Britton – Parish's spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis parvula (Roem. & Schult.) Link ex Bluff, Nees & Schauer – dwarf spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis quadrangulata (Michx.) Roem. & Schult. – squarestem spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis quinqueflora (Hartmann) O. Schwarz – fewflower spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis radicans (A. Dietr.) Kunth – rooted spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis retroflexa (Poir.) Urb. – coastal plain spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis reverchonii Svens. – Reverchon's spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis robbinsii Oakes – Robbins' spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis rostellata (Torr.) Torr. – beaked spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis schaffneri Boeckeler – Schaffner's spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis sintenisii Boeckeler – Sintenis' spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis suksdorfiana P. Beauv. – Suksdorf's spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis tenuis (Willd.) Schult. – slender spikerush P
Variety  Eleocharis tenuis (Willd.) Schult. var. pseudoptera (Weath. ex Svens.) Svens. – slender spikerush P
Variety  Eleocharis tenuis (Willd.) Schult. var. tenuis – slender spikerush P
Variety  Eleocharis tenuis (Willd.) Schult. var. verrucosa (Svens.) Svens. – slender spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis torticulmis S.G. Sm. – twist-stem spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis tortilis (Link) Schult. – twisted spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis tricostata Torr. – three-angle spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis tuberculosa (Michx.) Roem. & Schult. – cone-cup spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis uniglumis (Link) Schult. – onescale spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis vivipara Link – viviparous spikerush P
Species  Eleocharis wolfii (A. Gray) A. Gray ex Britton – Wolf's spikerush P

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