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Blunt Spikerush

Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schult.

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schult.
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Checklist of Selected Plant Families in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Eleocharis obtusa
Eleocharis obtusa (Willdenow) Schultes
Recognized by eFloras
Scirpus obtusus Willd.
Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schult.
Recognized by NMNH Collection
Eleocharis obtusa var. ellipsoidalis
Eleocharis obtusa var. gigantea
Eleocharis obtusa var. gigantea Fernald
Eleocharis obtusa var. jejuna
Eleocharis obtusa var. peasei
Eleocharis obtusa var. peasei Svenson
Scirpus obtusus
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Alternative Names

Eleocharis obtusa var. ellipsoidalis Fernald ex Svenson
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Checklist of Selected Plant Families in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Eleocharis obtusa var. gigantea Fernald
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Checklist of Selected Plant Families in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Eleocharis obtusa var. jejuna Fernald
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Checklist of Selected Plant Families in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Eleocharis obtusa var. peasei Svenson
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Checklist of Selected Plant Families in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Scirpus obtusus Willd.
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Checklist of Selected Plant Families in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Trichophyllum obtusum (Willd.) House
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Checklist of Selected Plant Families in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Eleocharis obtusa var. ellipsoidalis Fernald ex Svenson
Eleocharis obtusa var. gigantea Fernald
Eleocharis obtusa var. jejuna Fernald
Eleocharis obtusa var. peasei Svenson
Scirpus obtusus Willd.
Trichophyllum obtusum (Willd.) House
Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schult. var. ellipsoidalis Fernald ex Svens.
Synonym according to USDA PLANTS images
Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schult. var. gigantea (C. B. Clarke) Fernald
Synonym according to USDA PLANTS images
Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schult. var. jejuna Fernald
Synonym according to USDA PLANTS images
Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schult. var. obtusa
Synonym according to USDA PLANTS images
Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schult. var. peasei Svens.
Synonym according to USDA PLANTS images
Eleocharis obtusa var. ellipsoidalis Fernald ex Svenson
Eleocharis obtusa var. ellipsoidalis Fernald ex Svenson
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Eleocharis obtusa var. gigantea Fernald
Eleocharis obtusa var. gigantea Fernald
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Eleocharis obtusa var. jejuna Fernald
Eleocharis obtusa var. jejuna Fernald
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Eleocharis obtusa var. peasei Svenson
Eleocharis obtusa var. peasei Svenson
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Eleocharis ovata (Roth) Roem. & Schult. var. obtusa (Willd.) Kük.
Synonym according to USDA PLANTS images
Eleocharis ovata var. obtusa (Willd.) Kük.
Scirpus obtusus Willd.
Scirpus obtusus Willd.
Trichophyllum obtusum (Willd.) House
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Common Names

English

Blunt Spike-Rush
blunt spikerush
Blunt spikerush preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

French

Eléocharide obtuse preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Italian

Giunchina delle risaie preferred
Recognized by Pignatti, 1982

Curated hierarchies for Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schult.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Monocots
Commelinids
Poales
Cyperaceae
Eleocharis
199 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Poales
Cyperaceae
Eleocharis R. Br.
202 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Monocots
Commelinids
Poales
Cyperaceae
Eleocharis
199 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

GBIF classification

Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Poales
Cyperaceae
Eleocharis R. Br.
217 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Plantae
Viridiplantae
Streptophyta
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Magnoliopsida
Lilianae
Poales
Cyperaceae
Eleocharis R. Br.

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Viridiplantae
Streptophyta
Streptophytina
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Euphyllophyta
Spermatophyta
Magnoliopsida
Mesangiospermae
Liliopsida
Petrosaviidae
commelinids
Poales
Cyperaceae
Cyperoideae
Eleocharideae
Eleocharis
Eleocharis obtusa (this page)
42 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Plantae
Viridiplantae
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Angiospermae
monocots
commelinids
Poales
Cyperaceae
Scirpus
Scirpus obtusus (this page)
675 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Plantae
Viridiplantae
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Angiospermae
monocots
commelinids
Poales
Cyperaceae
Cyperoideae
Eleocharideae
Eleocharis
429 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.