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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Eleocharis acuta R.Br.
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According to:Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census
Published in:Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805 [224]

A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index 2601 (1991) stated that Poiret did not validly make the combination Scirpus acutus. However, under Article 33.1 of the 2006 (Vienna) edition of the ICBN, this name is considered to be validly published.

Synonym Source
Eleocharis pallens S.T.Blake misapplied
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Published in:Blake, S.T. (1938), Notes on Australian Cyperaceae, II. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 49(15) [154]
Eleocharis acuta var. tenuis Carse synonym
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Scirpus mucronulatus (Nees) Kuntze heterotypic
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Published in:Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2 [758]
Helcocharis acuta F.Muell. synonym orth. var.
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Published in:Mueller, F.J.H. von (13 May 1889), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 4 [7]
Heleocharis palustris var. mucronulata Boeckeler heterotypic orth. var.
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Published in:Boeckeler, J.O. (1878), Diagnosen teils neuer, teils ungenugend beshcriebener bekannter Cyperaceen. Flora: oder Allgemeine Botanischer Zeitung 61 [35]
Heleocharis acuta Boeckeler synonym orth. var.
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Published in:Boeckeler, J.O. (1878), Diagnosen teils neuer, teils ungenugend beshcriebener bekannter Cyperaceen. Flora: oder Allgemeine Botanischer Zeitung 61 [35]
Eleocharis palustris var. mucronulata Boeckeler heterotypic
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Published in:Boeckeler, J.O. (1878), Diagnosen teils neuer, teils ungenugend beshcriebener bekannter Cyperaceen. Flora: oder Allgemeine Botanischer Zeitung 61 [35]
Eleocharis dietrichiana Boeckeler misapplied
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Published in:Boeckeler, J.O. (1875), Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Cyperaceen-Flora Neuholland's und einiger polynesischer Inseln. Flora: oder Allgemeine Botanischer Zeitung 58(7) [107]
Eleocharis dietrichiana Boeckeler misapplied
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Published in:Boeckeler, J.O. (1875), Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Cyperaceen-Flora Neuholland's und einiger polynesischer Inseln. Flora: oder Allgemeine Botanischer Zeitung 58(7) [107]
Heleocharis mucronulata var. minor Boeckeler heterotypic orth. var.
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Published in:Boeckeler, J.O. (April 1870), Die Cyperaceen des Königlichen Herbariums zu Berlin. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 36(4) [466]
Heleocharis mucronulata Boeckeler heterotypic orth. var.
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Published in:Boeckeler, J.O. (April 1870), Die Cyperaceen des Königlichen Herbariums zu Berlin. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 36(4) [466]
Eleocharis acuta var. platylepis Hook.f. heterotypic
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Published in:Hooker, J.D. (1867), Handbook of the New Zealand Flora 2 [745]
Eleocharis acuta R.Br. var. acuta homotypic
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Published in:Hooker, J.D. (1867), Handbook of the New Zealand Flora 2 [745]
Eleocharis bivaginata Steud. heterotypic
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Published in:Steudel, E.G. von (1854), Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 2(7) [77]
Eleocharis mucronulata var. minor Nees heterotypic
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Published in:Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. (1841), Characters of new Genera and Species of New Holland Cyperaceae, Restiaceae, and Juncaceae. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 1 6 [46]
Eleocharis mucronulata Nees var. mucronulata heterotypic
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Published in:Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. (1841), Characters of new Genera and Species of New Holland Cyperaceae, Restiaceae, and Juncaceae. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 1 6 [46]
Eleocharis mucronulata Nees heterotypic
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Published in:Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. (1841), Characters of new Genera and Species of New Holland Cyperaceae, Restiaceae, and Juncaceae. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 1 6 [46 .]
Scirpus acutus Spreng. heterotypic nom. illeg.
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Published in:Sprengel, C.P.J. (1824), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 1 [203]
Scirpus acutus (R.Br.) Poir. homotypic nom. illeg.
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Published in:Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (1817), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique Suppl. 5(1) [102]
Scirpus acuta Poir. homotypic orth. var.
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Published in:Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (1817), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique Suppl. 5(1) [102]
Eleocharis gracilis R.Br. misapplied
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Eleocharis gracilis R.Br. misapplied
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Common Name Source
Common Spike-Sedge preferred Australia Australia
Club Rush New Zealand New Zealand
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Common Spike-Rush Australia Australia
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Common Spike-Rush Australia Australia
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Common Spike-Rush Australia Australia
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Common Spike-Rush Australia Australia
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Common Spike-Rush Australia Australia
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Common Spike-Rush Australia Australia
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Common Spike-Rush Australia Australia
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Common Spikerush Australia Australia
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Common Spikerush Australia Australia
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Name Source
Eleocharis acuta R.Br. accepted
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A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index 2601 (1991) stated that Poiret did not validly make the combination Scirpus acutus. However, under Article 33.1 of the 2006 (Vienna) edition of the ICBN, this name is considered to be validly published.

Eleocharis acuta R.Br. accepted
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Identifier Source
https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/773605 Taxon Concept current
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https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2911021 Taxon current
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NZOR-6-112346 Taxon current
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http://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2911021 Taxon unknown
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https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/110775 Scientific Name current
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http://data.nzor.org.nz/names/304e22f7-bc38-4f71-ac90-82f9a87bb74a Scientific Name current
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Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Charophyta
class
Equisetopsida
subclass
Magnoliidae
superorder
Lilianae
order
Poales
family
Cyperaceae
genus
Eleocharis
species
Eleocharis acuta

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