Plant Details

Accepted name:: Eleocharis montevidensis Kunth [Cyperaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

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

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Eleocharis arenicola Torr. ex Engelm. & A.Gray Boston J. Nat. Hist. 5: 237 (1845).
Eleocharis montana subsp. montevidensis (Kunth) Osten Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, ser. 2, 3: 183 (1931).
Eleocharis montevidensis f. angustior S.González & McVaugh Fl. Novo-Galiciana 13: 362 (1993).
Eleocharis palmeri Svenson Rhodora 34: 223 (1932).
Limnochloa montevidensis (Kunth) Nees in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(1): 99 (1842).
Scirpus arenicola (Torr. ex Engelm. & A.Gray) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 757 (1891).
Scirpus montevidensis (Kunth) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 758 (1891).
Trichophyllum arenicola (Torr. ex Engelm. & A.Gray) House Amer. Midl. Naturalist 6: 204 (1920).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Eleocharis montevidensis Kunth	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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