Eleocharis tuberculosa

ClassificationMonocots
FamilyCyperaceae
Family (Traditional)Cyperaceae
GenusEleocharis
Species:Eleocharis tuberculosa (Michx.) Roem. & Schult.
Common NameCone Cup Spikerush
Growth Habitgraminoid
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Mudflat; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: graminoid; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Leaf Arrangement: absent; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: N/A (leaves absent); Leaf Rank: N/A; Leaf Type: sheath with scale; Leaf Venation: parallel; Leaflet Margins: N/A; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: Brown (incl. Maroon); Base Flower Color: Green; Carpel Number/Pistil: 2; Carpel Number/Pistil: 7; Fruit Complexity: Simple; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Achene; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: terminal; Inflorescence Types: spike; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: N/A; Ovules per Carpel: 1; Perianth Present: No; Petal Fusion: N/A; Petal Number: N/A; Pistil Complexity: Compound; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Basal; Sepal Fusion: N/A; Sepal Number: N/A; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Tepal Fusion: N/A; Tepal Number: N/A
C value 7
StatusNative; AGCP (OBL), EMP (OBL) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[SNR] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Eleocharis tuberculosa f. retrorsa Eleocharis tuberculosa f. retrorsa Svenson

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Clinton (KY), Bledsoe (TN), Coffee (TN), Cumberland (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Grundy (TN), Macon (TN), Marion (TN), Overton (TN), Putnam (TN), Van Buren (TN), White (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, EKY, HTTU, KNK, TENN, UCHT, UOS, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1979 - 2000

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31973000011643 Clinton Kentucky
KNK
Eleocharis tuberculosa
31973000011645 Marion Tennessee
KNK
Eleocharis tuberculosa
TENN-V-0042494 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis tuberculosa
TENN-V-0042514 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis tuberculosa
TENN-V-0042524 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis tuberculosa
TENN-V-0042515 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis tuberculosa
TENN-V-0042510 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis tuberculosa
TENN-V-0042502 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis tuberculosa
TENN-V-0042520 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis tuberculosa
TENN-V-0042493 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis tuberculosa
TENN-V-0043187 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis tuberculosa
TENN-V-0042503 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis tuberculosa
TENN-V-0042507 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis tuberculosa
TENN-V-0042499 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis tuberculosa
TENN-V-0042504 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis tuberculosa
TENN-V-0042497 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis tuberculosa
TENN-V-0042506 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis tuberculosa
TENN-V-0042511 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis tuberculosa
TENN-V-0042516 Macon Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis tuberculosa
TENN-V-0042498 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis tuberculosa
TENN-V-0042525 White Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis tuberculosa
TENN-V-0042522 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis tuberculosa
TENN-V-0042526 White Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis tuberculosa
TENN-V-0042509 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis tuberculosa
TENN-V-0042495 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis tuberculosa
TENN-V-0042528 White Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis tuberculosa
TENN-V-0042501 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis tuberculosa
TENN-V-0042529 White Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis tuberculosa
TENN-V-0042500 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis tuberculosa
TENN-V-0042512 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis tuberculosa
TENN-V-0042508 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis tuberculosa
TENN-V-0042518 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis tuberculosa
TENN-V-0042496 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis tuberculosa
TENN-V-0042517 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis tuberculosa
TENN-V-0042527 White Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis tuberculosa
TENN-V-0042513 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis tuberculosa
TENN-V-0042505 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis tuberculosa
TENN-V-0042519 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis tuberculosa
TENN-V-0042523 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis tuberculosa
TENN-V-0042521 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis tuberculosa
UCHT003950 Grundy Tennessee
UCHT
Eleocharis tuberculosa
APSC0106357 Putnam Tennessee
APSC
Eleocharis tuberculosa
APSC0039420 White Tennessee
APSC
Eleocharis tuberculosa
APSC0072318 Franklin Tennessee
APSC
Eleocharis tuberculosa
APSC0100940 Putnam Tennessee
APSC
Eleocharis tuberculosa
APSC0091225 White Tennessee
APSC
Eleocharis tuberculosa
HTTU028086 Macon Tennessee
HTTU
Eleocharis tuberculosa
HTTU014447 Cumberland Tennessee
HTTU
Eleocharis tuberculosa
HTTU007137 Cumberland Tennessee
HTTU
Eleocharis tuberculosa
HTTU028085 Macon Tennessee
HTTU
Eleocharis tuberculosa
HTTU028089 Macon Tennessee
HTTU
Eleocharis tuberculosa
HTTU028088 Macon Tennessee
HTTU
Eleocharis tuberculosa
HTTU028087 Macon Tennessee
HTTU
Eleocharis tuberculosa
UOS06986 Franklin Tennessee 15 Jul 1996 Landon E. McKinney
UOS
Eleocharis tuberculosa
UOS06988 Marion Tennessee 05 Aug 1996 Landon E. McKinney
UOS
Eleocharis tuberculosa
UOS06987 Marion Tennessee 06 Aug 1996 Landon E. McKinney
UOS
Eleocharis tuberculosa
BRIT163989 Tennessee
VDB
Eleocharis tuberculosa
BRIT163985 Tennessee
VDB
Eleocharis tuberculosa
BRIT163995 Tennessee
VDB
Eleocharis tuberculosa
BRIT163996 Tennessee
VDB
Eleocharis tuberculosa
BRIT163983 Tennessee
VDB
Eleocharis tuberculosa
BRIT163991 Tennessee
VDB
Eleocharis tuberculosa
BRIT163999 Tennessee
VDB
Eleocharis tuberculosa
BRIT163988 Tennessee
VDB
Eleocharis tuberculosa
BRIT163992 Tennessee
VDB
Eleocharis tuberculosa
BRIT163990 Tennessee
VDB
Eleocharis tuberculosa
BRIT163997 Tennessee
VDB
Eleocharis tuberculosa
BRIT163987 Tennessee
VDB
Eleocharis tuberculosa
BRIT163984 Tennessee
VDB
Eleocharis tuberculosa
BRIT163993 Tennessee
VDB
Eleocharis tuberculosa
BRIT163986 Tennessee
VDB
Eleocharis tuberculosa
BRIT163994 Tennessee
VDB
Eleocharis tuberculosa
BRIT163998 Tennessee
VDB
Eleocharis tuberculosa
31973000011647 Clinton Kentucky
KNK
Eleocharis tuberculosa
31973000011646 Franklin Tennessee
KNK
Eleocharis tuberculosa
31234100082625 Clinton Kentucky 03 Aug 2000 Robert F. C. Naczi
8598
EKY
Eleocharis tuberculosa
31234100082716 Cumberland Tennessee 02 Aug 1979 Botany 4045 Field Trip Participants
EKY
Eleocharis tuberculosa
31234100082740 Grundy Tennessee 15 Oct 1988 Ronald L. Jones
5559
EKY
Eleocharis tuberculosa
31234100082757 White Tennessee 01 Aug 1987 Ronald L. Jones
5206
EKY
Eleocharis tuberculosa
31234100082732 Grundy Tennessee 08 Aug 1987 Ronald L. Jones
5286
EKY
Eleocharis tuberculosa
31234100082633 Clinton Kentucky 20 May 1999 Robert F. C. Naczi
8002
EKY
Eleocharis tuberculosa
31234100082724 Cumberland Tennessee 30 Jun 1987 Ronald L. Jones
4971
EKY
Eleocharis tuberculosa
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Eleocharis tuberculosa - Dwayne Estes
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Eleocharis tuberculosa - Dwayne Estes
Eleocharis tuberculosa - Dwayne Estes