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Accession Data:

Eleocharis sphacelata R. Br.

  • Common Name: Tall Spike Rush
  • Family: Cyperaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand
  • Habitat: Perennial aquatic with stout rhizome.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200600084
  • Source: Chad Husby - FIU
  • Accession Date: 08-30-2006
  • Bench: 2309 - Temperate Carnivores
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 07-16-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Poales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Cyperaceae
  • SubFamily: Cyperoideae
  • Tribe: Eleocharideae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017

References (internal):

  • Wind Pollination (anemophily)
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: New Guinea / New South Wales / Queensland / South Australia / Tasmania / Victoria / Western Australia / New Zealand North / New Zealand South

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, June 01, 2016.
  2. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Wednesday, June 01, 2016.

data regenerated on Wed, 22 Jan 2025 15:39:05 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Cyperaceae

Subfamily Cyperoideae
Tribe Cariceae

  • Carex pendula
  • Carex sylvatica

Subfamily Cyperoideae
Tribe Cypereae

  • Cyperus alternifolius
  • Cyperus brevifolia
  • Cyperus diffusus
  • Cyperus papyrus

Subfamily Cyperoideae
Tribe Eleocharideae

  • Eleocharis dulcis
  • Eleocharis sphacelata

Subfamily Mapanioideae
Tribe Hypolytreae

  • Mapania caudata W/C
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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