EPPO Global Database

Eleocharis geniculata(ELOGE)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-02-03

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: ELOGE
  • Preferred name: Eleocharis geniculata
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) Roemer & Schultes

Notes

Mediterranean (southeast), Western Asia (Arabia to Pakistan), India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina (Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam), Malesia, China (including Taiwan), Mauretania to Tchad, Guinée to Nigeria and Cameroon, Gabon, Zaïre to Somalia, Tanzania to Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, Madagascar, Canada (Ontario), USA (southern), Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (northwest, northern Brazil), Australia (throughout)


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Eleocharis capitata (Linnaeus) R. Brown
Eleocharis caribaea (Rottbøll) S.E.Clarke
Limnochloa geniculata Nees
Scirpus geniculatus Linnaeus

Common names
Name Language
barbe à mulâtre French
scirpe genouillé French
junco de espiga elegante Spanish
tule Spanish (MX)
junco-popoca Portuguese (BR)