Eleocharis dulcis

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Chinese water chestnut
Eleocharis dulcis Blanco1.15.jpg
illustration circa 1880[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Eleocharis
Species:
E. dulcis
Binomial name
Eleocharis dulcis
Synonyms
  • Eleocharis equisetina
  • Eleocharis indica
  • Eleocharis plantaginea,
  • Eleocharis plantaginoides
  • Eleocharis tuberosa
  • Eleocharis tumida
  • and several more

References

  1. Flora de Filipinas [...] Gran edicion [...] [Atlas I]. Date=1880-1883? Author=Francisco Manuel Blanco (O.S.A.)

Acknowledgements

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