Eleocharis

Accepted species 313 Documented here 47 Family Cyperaceae

Accepted species 313 in this genus

Every accepted species in the genus is listed. A name links to its page when we hold at least three commercially licensed photographs of it. Where we do not, the row shows how many we actually found, which is usually none.

SpeciesAuthority Usable photographsPage
Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roem. & Schult. 371 documented
Eleocharis acuta R.Br. 225 documented
Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roem. & Schult. 96 documented
Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schult. 94 documented
Eleocharis geniculata (L.) Roem. & Schult. 83 documented
Eleocharis interstincta (Vahl) Roem. & Schult. 67 documented
Eleocharis sphacelata R.Br. 66 documented
Eleocharis nitida Fernald 43 documented
Eleocharis gracilis R.Br. 41 documented
Eleocharis compressa Sull. 37 documented
Eleocharis cellulosa Torr. 32 documented
Eleocharis limosa (Schrad.) Schult. 32 documented
Eleocharis dulcis (Burm.f.) Trin. ex Hensch. 30 documented
Eleocharis elegans (Kunth) Roem. & Schult. 27 documented
Eleocharis elongata Chapm. 24 documented
Eleocharis montevidensis Kunth 23 documented
Eleocharis quadrangulata (Michx.) Roem. & Schult. 23 documented
Eleocharis robbinsii Oakes 23 documented
Eleocharis rostellata (Torr.) Torr. 22 documented
Eleocharis baldwinii (Torr.) Chapm. 20 documented
Eleocharis macrostachya Britton 20 documented
Eleocharis ovata (Roth) Roem. & Schult. 20 documented
Eleocharis erythropoda Steud. 19 documented
Eleocharis quinqueflora (Hartmann) O.Schwarz 19 documented
Eleocharis tuberculosa (Michx.) Roem. & Schult. 19 documented
Eleocharis engelmannii Steud. 18 documented
Eleocharis parvula (Roem. & Schult.) Link ex Bluff, Nees & Schauer 15 documented
Eleocharis elliptica Kunth 10 documented
Eleocharis atropurpurea (Retz.) J.Presl & C.Presl 9 documented
Eleocharis montana (Kunth) Roem. & Schult. 9 documented
Eleocharis uniglumis (Link) Schult. 9 documented
Eleocharis diandra S.H.Wright 8 documented
Eleocharis equisetoides (Elliott) Torr. 8 documented
Eleocharis bonariensis Nees 7 documented
Eleocharis brittonii Svenson ex Small 7 documented
Eleocharis nigrescens (Nees) Kunth 7 documented
Eleocharis vivipara Link 7 documented
Eleocharis dregeana Steud. 6 documented
Eleocharis intermedia Schult. 6 documented
Eleocharis occulta S.G.Sm. 6 documented
Eleocharis yokoscensis (Franch. & Sav.) Tang & F.T.Wang 6 documented
Eleocharis cylindrostachys Boeckeler 5 documented
Eleocharis flavescens (Poir.) Urb. 5 documented
Eleocharis microcarpa Torr. 5 documented
Eleocharis bifida S.G.Sm. 4 documented
Eleocharis plana S.T.Blake 4 documented
Eleocharis tortilis (Link) Schult. 4 documented
Eleocharis acutangula (Roxb.) Schult. 2 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis multicaulis (Sm.) Desv. 2 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis parishii Britton 2 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis sellowiana Kunth 2 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis ussuriensis Zinserl. 2 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis confervoides (Poir.) Steud. 1 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis densa Benth. 1 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis kuroguwai Ohwi 1 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis melanostachys (d'Urv.) C.B.Clarke 1 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis neozelandica C.B.Clarke ex T.Kirk. 1 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis tetraquetra Nees 1 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis wolfii (A.Gray) A.Gray ex Britton 1 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis × choseiensis Yashiro 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis × inaequilatera D.J.Rosen & Chr.Reid 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis × macounii Fernald 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis × myogiensis Yashiro 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis × naritaensis Yashiro 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis × subangulata T.Koyama 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis × yezoensis H.Hara 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis abnorma Y.D.Chen 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis aestuum D.M.Hines ex A.Haines 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis albalinsiae C.S.Nunes 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis albibracteata Nees & Meyen ex Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis albida Torr. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis alveolata Svenson 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis alveolatoides S.González & Reznicek 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis amazonica C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis andamanensis Govind. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis angolensis H.E.Hess 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis angustirostris R.Trevis. & Boldrini 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis angustispicula R.Trevis. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis antunesii H.E.Hess 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis argentina Barros 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis argyrolepis Kierulff 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis arsenifera S.González, Tena & T.Alarcón 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis arseniflora S.González, Tena & T.Alarcón 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis atricha R.Br. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis atrobrunnea R.Trevis. & S.González 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis atrospiculata S.González & Reznicek 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis attenuata (Franch. & Sav.) Palla 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis aurea Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis ayacuchensis S.González & Reznicek 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis bahamensis Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis bahiensis D.A.Simpson 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis barrosii Svenson 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis bella (Piper) Svenson 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis bernardina (Munz & I.M.Johnst.) Munz & I.M.Johnst. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis blakeana L.A.S.Johnson & O.D.Evans 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis bolanderi A.Gray 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis brachycarpa Svenson 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis brainii Svenson 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis brasiliensis Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis brassii S.T.Blake 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis braunii H.E.Hess 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis brevicollis J.Kern 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis bulbosa Kukkonen 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis caduca (Delile) Schult. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis caespitosissima Baker 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis callensii H.E.Hess 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis calva Torr. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis cancellata S.Watson 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis canindeyuensis Mereles & S.González 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis capillacea Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis carniolica W.D.J.Koch 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis chamaegyne L.T.Eiten 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis coloradoensis (Britton) Gilly 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis columbiensis L.E.Mora 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis complanata Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis congesta D.Don 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis contracta Maury ex Micheli 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis cordillerana S.González, Guagl. & Ruthsatz 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis coronata Steud. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis crinalis (Griseb.) C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis crispovaginata Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis cryptica Saarela, P.M.Peterson, S.González & D.J.Rosen 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis cuatrecasasii S.González & P.M.Peterson 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis cubangensis H.E.Hess 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis cylindrica Buckley 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis debilis Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis decoriglumis Berhaut 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis decumbens C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis deightonii S.S.Hooper 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis densicaespitosa R.Trevis. & Boldrini 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis dietrichiana Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis difformis S.T.Blake 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis divaricata M.Keskin 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis dombeyana Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis dunensis Kük. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis eglerioides S.González & Reznicek 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis emarginata (Nees) Klotzsch ex Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis endounifascis Hinchliff & Roalson 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis equisetiformis (Meinsh.) B.Fedtsch. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis erhaiensis Y.D.Chen 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis exigua (Kunth) Roem. & Schult. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis fallax Weath. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis fassettii S.González & P.M.Peterson 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis fennica Palla ex Kneuck. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis filiculmis Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis fluctuans (L.T.Eiten) Roalson & Hinchliff 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis fuscopurpurea (Steud.) H.Pfeiff. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis glabella Y.D.Chen 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis glauca Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis glaucovirens Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis gonzaleziae D.J.Rosen 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis gossweileri H.E.Hess 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis grandirostris (Lindm.) Mereles 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis grisea Kük. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis grossimucronata Mereles 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis guaglianoniana J.P.R.Ferreira, Silv.Venturi & R.Trevis. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis hatschbachii R.Trevis. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis haumaniana Barros 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis hooperiana D.J.Rosen 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis ignota S.González & Reznicek 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis jacobsiana K.L.Wilson 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis jelskiana Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis kamtschatica (C.A.Mey.) Kom. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis keigheryi K.L.Wilson 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis khandwaensis Mujaffar, Chandore & S.R.Yadav 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis kleinii Barros 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis knutei Pabón & Zavaro 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis konkanensis Chandore, Borude, Kambale & S.R.Yadav 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis koyamae Tremetsb. & D.A.Simpson 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis kuoi Y.D.Chen 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis laeviglumis R.Trevis. & Boldrini 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis laeviseta Nakai 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis lanceolata Fernald 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis lankana T.Koyama 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis lechleri Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis lepta C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis liesneri S.González & Reznicek 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis liogieri T.Koyama 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis liouana Tang & F.T.Wang 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis loefgreniana Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis lundellii Svenson 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis macbarronii K.L.Wilson 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis macrantha Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis maculosa (Vahl) Roem. & Schult. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis maidenii Kük. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis mamillata (H.Lindb.) H.Lindb. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis margaritacea (Hultén) Miyabe & Kudô 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis marginulata Hochst. ex Steud. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis maximowiczii Zinserl. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis melanocarpa Torr. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis melanocephala C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis melanomphala C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis mendocina Phil. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis microformis Buckley 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis microlepis (Griseb.) D.A.Simpson 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis migoana Ohwi & T.Koyama 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis minarum Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis minima Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis minuta Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis minutiflora Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis minutissima Britton 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis mitracarpa Steud. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis monantha Nelmes 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis moorei M.T.Strong & S.González 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis moraosejoana S.González, C.Ulloa & P.M.Peterson 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis morroi D.A.Simpson 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis multinerviglumis C.S.Nunes, A.Gil & R.Trevis. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis mutata (L.) Roem. & Schult. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis nana Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis naumanniana Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis neesii R.Trevis. & Boldrini 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis neglecta Borude, Chandore, Gholave & S.R.Yadav 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis niederleinii Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis nipponica Makino 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis nuda C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis nudipes (Kunth) Palla 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis nupeensis Hutch. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis obicis L.A.S.Johnson & O.D.Evans 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis obpyriformis D.A.Simpson 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis obtusetrigona (Lindl. & Nees) Steud. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis occidentalis Mereles 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis ochrostachys Steud. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis oligantha C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis olivaceonux D.A.Simpson 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis onthitensis H.E.Hess 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis oxylepis (Meinsh.) B.Fedtsch. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis pachycarpa É.Desv. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis pachystyla (C.Wright) C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis pallens S.T.Blake 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis papillosa Latz 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis paradoxa Y.D.Chen 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis paranapiacabensis D.C.Farias, R.Trevis. & M.Alves 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis parodii Barros 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis parvinux Ohwi 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis parvispicula R.Trevis. & Boldrini 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis pauciglumis R.Trevis. & D.J.Rosen 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis pedrovianae C.S.Nunes, R.Trevis. & A.Gil 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis pellucida J.Presl & C.Presl 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis penchaoi Y.D.Chen 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis petasata (Maxim.) Zinserl. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis philippinensis Svenson 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis plantaginea R.Br. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis platypus C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis plicarhachis (Griseb.) Svenson 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis pseudoalbibracteata S.González & Guagl. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis pseudobulbosa T.Lima, A.Gil & R.Trevis. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis pseudofistulosa H.E.Hess 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis punctulata Boeckeler ex Duss 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis pusilla R.Br. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis qinghaiensis Y.D.Chen 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis rabenii Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis ramboana R.Trevis. & Boldrini 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis ramboii H.E.Hess 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis ranganathensis Viji, G.C.Tucker, Deepu & Pandur. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis raquellyrae D.C.Farias & M.Alves 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis ravenelii Britton 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis reichei Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis retroflexa (Poir.) Urb. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis reverchonii Svenson 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis reznicekii S.González, D.J.Rosen, R.Carter & P.M.Peterson 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis riograndensis R.Trevis. & Boldrini 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis rivalis K.L.Wilson 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis robusta (Boeckeler) H.E.Hess 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis rojasiana Mereles 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis rugosa D.A.Simpson 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis rzedowskii S.González 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis sanguinolenta K.L.Wilson 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis schaffneri Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis schenckii Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis schlechteri C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis serrae-novae Atuesta & R.Trevis. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis setifolia (A.Rich.) J.Raynal 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis setulosa P.C.Li 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis spiralis (Rottb.) Roem. & Schult. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis spongostyla H.E.Hess 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis squamata Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis squamigera Svenson 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis starczenkoae A.E.Kozhevn. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis steinbachii D.J.Rosen 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis stenocarpa Svenson 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis steyermarkii S.González & Reznicek 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis subarticulata (Nees) Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis subcancellata C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis subfoliata C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis suksdorfiana Beauverd 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis sundaica J.Kern 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis svensoniana S.González 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis swamyi Govind. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis tenarum S.González & M.González 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis tenuiculmis D.J.Rosen 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis tenuis (Willd.) Schult. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis tiarata Gómez-Laur. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis torticulmis S.G.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis tricostata Torr. 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis trilateralis Tang & F.T.Wang 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis trilophus C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis triquetra K.L.Wilson 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis tucumanensis Barros 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis tuvinica Bubnova 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis uniflora O.Seberg 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis urbanii Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis urceolata (Liebm.) Svenson 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis urceolatoides R.Trevis. & Boldrini 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis usteri Palla 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis variegata (Poir.) C.Presl 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis venezuelensis S.González & Reznicek 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis viridans Kük. ex Osten 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis wadoodii S.R.Yadav, Lekhak & Chandore 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis welwitschii Nelmes 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis wichurae Boeckeler 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis wilkensii Schuyler 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis yecorensis Roalson 0 below the evidence gate
Eleocharis yunnanensis Svenson 0 below the evidence gate

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So the species above without a link are not errors and they are not omissions. They are real, accepted plants that we cannot yet document to the standard we hold ourselves to, and the count in the photographs column is exactly how far short we fall.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Accepted names, authorities, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. Photograph counts, restricted to CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA. Retrieved 2026-06-27.