Plant Details

Accepted name:: Eleocharis geniculata (L.) Roem. & Schult. [Cyperaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
canada spikesedge	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 46 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Bulbostylis capitata (L.) Steven Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 5: 355 (1817), comb. not made.
Bulbostylis geniculatus (L.) Steven Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 5: 355 (1817), comb. not made.
Chlorocharis capitata (L.) Rikli Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 564 (1895).
Chlorocharis geniculata (L.) Rikli Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 27: 564 (1895).
Cyperus capitatus (L.) Burm.f. ex B.D.Jacks. Index Kew. 1: 691 (1893), not validly publ.
Eleocharis brizantha Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 79 (1854).
Eleocharis capitata (L.) R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 225 (1810).
Eleocharis capitata var. dispar (E.J.Hill) Fernald Rhodora 8: 129 (1906).
Eleocharis capitata var. typica Svenson Rhodora 34: 199 (1932), not validly publ.
Eleocharis caribaea (Rottb.) S.F.Blake Rhodora 20: 24 (1918).
Eleocharis caribaea var. achlamydea Zavaro & Pabón Fontqueria 42: 269 (1995).
Eleocharis caribaea var. dispar (E.J.Hill) S.F.Blake Rhodora 20: 24 (1918).
Eleocharis caribaea var. stokesii F.Br. Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 84: 106 (1931).
Eleocharis densisquamata Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 82 (1855).
Eleocharis dispar E.J.Hill Bot. Gaz. 7: 3 (1882).
Eleocharis geniculata f. brunnea S.González & Reznicek Novon 6: 361 (1996).
Eleocharis geniculata var. minor (Vahl) Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 2: 150 (1817).
Eleocharis kirkii C.B.Clarke in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 8: 410 (1902).
Eleocharis melanosperma Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 78 (1854).
Eleocharis mexicana Peyr. Linnaea 30: 14 (1859).
Eleocharis riparia Nees ex Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(2): 27 (1827).
Eleocharis setacea R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 225 (1810).
Eleocharis singularis Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 81 (1855).
Eleocharis sintenisii Boeckeler Beitr. Cyper. 1: 16 (1888).
Eleocharis valida Boeckeler Flora 65: 350 (1882).
Eleogenus capitatus (L.) Nees in R.Wight, Contr. Bot. India: 112 (1834).
Eleogenus capitatus var. intermedius Nees in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(1): 101 (1842).
Eleogenus capitatus var. major Nees in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(1): 101 (1842).
Eleogenus capitatus var. minor Nees in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(1): 101 (1842).
Eleogenus capitatus var. recurvus Nees in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(1): 102 (1842).
Limnochloa constricta (Schrad. ex Kunth) Nees in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(1): 99 (1842).
Limnochloa densa Liebm. Mexic. Halvgr.: 244 (1850).
Limnochloa geniculata (L.) Nees in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(1): 99 (1842).
Megadenus capitatus (L.) Raf. Neogenyton: 4 (1825).
Scirpus atrofactus Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 317 (1855).
Scirpus brownii Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 204 (1824).
Scirpus capitatus L. Sp. Pl.: 48 (1753).
Scirpus caribaeus Rottb. Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl.: 46 (1773).
Scirpus constrictus Schrad. ex Kunth Enum. Pl. 2: 153 (1837).
Scirpus depressus Vell. Fl. Flumin. 1: 35, t. 83 (1829).
Scirpus geniculatus L. Sp. Pl.: 48 (1753).
Scirpus geniculatus var. minor Vahl Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 251 (1805).
Scirpus interstinctus Poepp. ex C.Presl Isis (Oken) 21: 269 (1828).
Scirpus repens Willd. in J.A.Schultes, Mant. 2: 84 (1824).
Scirpus validus (Boeckeler) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 758 (1891), nom. illeg.
Trichophyllum capitatum (L.) House Amer. Midl. Naturalist 6: 204 (1920).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Eleocharis geniculata (L.) Roem. & Schult.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Eleocharis geniculata (L.) Roemer & J. A. Schultes	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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