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Taxon

Eleocharis elegans (Kunth) Roem. & Schult.

Protologue Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 150. 1817 [Nov 1817]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Eleocharis, Araujo M 3102--Bolivia. Pq. Nal. Madidi. Rio Yariapo, 4 km E of Chalalan. 25 Sep 06. 070 (6).jpg

Eleocharis, Araujo M 3102--Bolivia. Pq. Nal. Madidi. Rio Yariapo, 4 km E of Chalalan. 25 Sep 06. 070 (6).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Eleocharis, Araujo M 3102--Bolivia. Pq. Nal. Madidi. Rio Yariapo, 4 km E of Chalalan. 25 Sep 06. 070 (12).jpg

Eleocharis, Araujo M 3102--Bolivia. Pq. Nal. Madidi. Rio Yariapo, 4 km E of Chalalan. 25 Sep 06. 070 (12).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Eleocharis, Araujo M 3102--Bolivia. Pq. Nal. Madidi. Rio Yariapo, 4 km E of Chalalan. 25 Sep 06. 070 (8).jpg

Eleocharis, Araujo M 3102--Bolivia. Pq. Nal. Madidi. Rio Yariapo, 4 km E of Chalalan. 25 Sep 06. 070 (8).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Eleocharis, Araujo M 3102--Bolivia. Pq. Nal. Madidi. Rio Yariapo, 4 km E of Chalalan. 25 Sep 06. 070 (2).jpg

Eleocharis, Araujo M 3102--Bolivia. Pq. Nal. Madidi. Rio Yariapo, 4 km E of Chalalan. 25 Sep 06. 070 (2).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Eleocharis, Araujo M 3102--Bolivia. Pq. Nal. Madidi. Rio Yariapo, 4 km E of Chalalan. 25 Sep 06. 070 (11).jpg

Eleocharis, Araujo M 3102--Bolivia. Pq. Nal. Madidi. Rio Yariapo, 4 km E of Chalalan. 25 Sep 06. 070 (11).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Eleocharis, Araujo M 3102--Bolivia. Pq. Nal. Madidi. Rio Yariapo, 4 km E of Chalalan. 25 Sep 06. 070 (5).jpg

Eleocharis, Araujo M 3102--Bolivia. Pq. Nal. Madidi. Rio Yariapo, 4 km E of Chalalan. 25 Sep 06. 070 (5).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Eleocharis, Araujo M 3102--Bolivia. Pq. Nal. Madidi. Rio Yariapo, 4 km E of Chalalan. 25 Sep 06. 070 (9).jpg

Eleocharis, Araujo M 3102--Bolivia. Pq. Nal. Madidi. Rio Yariapo, 4 km E of Chalalan. 25 Sep 06. 070 (9).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Eleocharis, Araujo M 3102--Bolivia. Pq. Nal. Madidi. Rio Yariapo, 4 km E of Chalalan. 25 Sep 06. 070 (4).jpg

Eleocharis, Araujo M 3102--Bolivia. Pq. Nal. Madidi. Rio Yariapo, 4 km E of Chalalan. 25 Sep 06. 070 (4).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Eleocharis, Araujo M 3102--Bolivia. Pq. Nal. Madidi. Rio Yariapo, 4 km E of Chalalan. 25 Sep 06. 070.jpg

Eleocharis, Araujo M 3102--Bolivia. Pq. Nal. Madidi. Rio Yariapo, 4 km E of Chalalan. 25 Sep 06. 070.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Eleocharis, Araujo M 3102--Bolivia. Pq. Nal. Madidi. Rio Yariapo, 4 km E of Chalalan. 25 Sep 06. 070 (10).jpg

Eleocharis, Araujo M 3102--Bolivia. Pq. Nal. Madidi. Rio Yariapo, 4 km E of Chalalan. 25 Sep 06. 070 (10).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Eleocharis, Araujo M 3102--Bolivia. Pq. Nal. Madidi. Rio Yariapo, 4 km E of Chalalan. 25 Sep 06. 070 (7).jpg

Eleocharis, Araujo M 3102--Bolivia. Pq. Nal. Madidi. Rio Yariapo, 4 km E of Chalalan. 25 Sep 06. 070 (7).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Eleocharis, Araujo M 3102--Bolivia. Pq. Nal. Madidi. Rio Yariapo, 4 km E of Chalalan. 25 Sep 06. 070 (3).jpg

Eleocharis, Araujo M 3102--Bolivia. Pq. Nal. Madidi. Rio Yariapo, 4 km E of Chalalan. 25 Sep 06. 070 (3).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Eleocharis, Araujo M 3102--Bolivia. Pq. Nal. Madidi. Rio Yariapo, 4 km E of Chalalan. 25 Sep 06. 070 (1).jpg

Eleocharis, Araujo M 3102--Bolivia. Pq. Nal. Madidi. Rio Yariapo, 4 km E of Chalalan. 25 Sep 06. 070 (1).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Cyperaceae

Genus

Eleocharis

Species

elegans

Taxonomic opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Distribution

Native to 37 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Araujo-Murakami A., et al. 3102

September 26, 2006

Location

Bolivia, La Paz, Abel Iturralde (Apolo)

-14.444722, -67.884722

Location Remarks

Parque Nacional Madidi, laguna Chalalan, río Yariapo. Bosque amazonico ribereño con Cecropia spp, Caliandra sp., Neea spp., Garcinia spp. y Jacaratia digitata.

Collectors

Alejandro Araujo-Murakami, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Paola Gismondi, M. Cornejo, E. Ticona, O. Valdes

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.3

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.2

Global rank

#212,785 of 335,497

Top 64%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →