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Accession Data:

Eleocharis dulcis (Burm.f.) Trin. ex Hensch.

  • Common Name: Water Chestnut
  • Family: Cyperaceae Juss.
  • Synonym(s): Eleocharis tuberosa Schult.

  • Country of Origin: Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

  • USDA Zone: 9-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201800054
  • Source: Jason Lopez - University of Washington
  • Accession Date: 08-06-2018
  • Bench: 0 - unassigned location
    • Currently: deceased
    • Qty: 0 confirmed on 02-16-2023

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Poales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Cyperaceae
  • SubFamily: Cyperoideae
  • Tribe: Eleocharideae
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • Edible Plants
  • Root Vegetables - Corms
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Burkina / Gambia, The / Ghana / Guinea-Bissau / Guinea / Ivory Coast / Liberia / Mali / Nigeria / Senegal / Sierra Leone / Togo / Congo / Gabon / Zaire / Chad / Kenya / Tanzania / Uganda / Angola / Mozambique / Zambia / Zimbabwe / Botswana / Namibia / Mauritius / Madagascar / Seychelles / China South-Central / Hainan / China Southeast / Japan / Korea / Nansei-shoto / Taiwan / Bangladesh / India / Pakistan / Sri Lanka / Andaman Is. / Cambodia / Myanmar / Thailand / Vietnam / Jawa / Lesser Sunda Is. / Malaya / Maluku / Philippines / Sulawesi / Sumatera / New Guinea / New South Wales / Northern Territory / Queensland / Western Australia / Fiji / New Caledonia / Samoa / Tonga / Wallis-Futuna Is. / Caroline Is. / Marianas

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, August 06, 2018.
  2. WCSP (2017). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Monday, August 06, 2018.
  3. Eleocharis dulcis at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Monday, August 06, 2018.

data regenerated on Wed, 22 Jan 2025 15:39:05 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Tribe Cypereae

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Subfamily Cyperoideae
Tribe Eleocharideae

  • Eleocharis dulcis
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Subfamily Mapanioideae
Tribe Hypolytreae

  • Mapania caudata W/C
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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