Eleocharis confervoides

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The name of this species does not match your search because Eleocharis confervoides is indicated as the accepted name for Websteria confervoides.
Family:CYPERACEAE
Species:Eleocharis confervoides (Poir.) Steud.
Common Name:Algal Bulrush
Habitat:Still water along the coastal plain.
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Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:**
Taxonomic Notes:This species has a long history of being treated in the pantropical, monotypic genus Websteria. Websteria is now included in Eleocharis.
Status:Native, OBL (NWI), S1 (State Rank), G4 (Global Rank)
References:Hinchliff, C.E., A.E. Lliully A., T. Carey, and E.H. Roalson. 2010. The origins of Eleocharis (Cyperaceae) and the status of Websteria, Egleria, and Chillani. Taxon 59: 709-719.
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyCYPERACEAE - Sedge family
Genus Eleocharis
Species Eleocharis confervoides (Poir.) Steud. - Algal Bulrush

Citation

Citation Eleocharis confervoides (Poiret) Steudel, Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 82. 1855.
Basionym: Scirpus confervoides Poir. 1805.
Type: MADAGASCAR:

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Baeothyron confervoides Baeothyron confervoides (Poiret) A. Dietrich, Sp. Pl. 2: 94. 1833.Scirpus confervoides Poiret 1804. 
Dulichium confervoides Dulichium confervoides (Poiret) Alston, in Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6: 310. 1931.Scirpus confervoides Poiret 1804. 
Eleocharis confervoides Eleocharis confervoides (Poiret) Steudel, Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 82. 1855.Scirpus confervoides Poiret 1804. 
Rhynchospora ruppioides Rhynchospora ruppioides Bentham, in Hooker, Icon. Pl. 14: 31, t. 1344. 1881.  
Scirpus confervoides Scirpus confervoides Poiret, in Lamarck, Encycl. 6: 755. 1804. MADAGASCAR
Scirpus submersus Scirpus submersus C. Wright, in Sauvalle, Anales Acad. Ci. Med. Habana 8: 79. 1871. CUBA
Websteria limnophila Websteria limnophila S. H. Wright, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 14: 135. 1887. FLORIDA: Volusia Co.
Websteria confervoides Websteria confervoides (Poiret) S. S. Hooper, Kew Bull. 26: 582. 1972.Scirpus confervoides Poiret 1804. 
Websteria submersa Websteria submersa (C. Wright) Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 16: 99. 1888.Scirpus submersus C. Wright 1871. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Covington

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: UNA

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1979 - 1979

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
UNA00003381 Covington 29 Sep 1979 Williams, John S.
38		 UNA
Websteria confervoides (Poir.) S. Hooper
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