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|accepted_name=Eleocharis geniculata
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Roemer & Schultes in J. J. Roemer et al.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in J. J. Roemer et al., Syst. Veg.
|place=2: 150. 1817
|year=1817
}}
|common_names=Bent spikerush
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Scirpus geniculatus
|authority=Linnaeus
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Eleocharis capitata
|authority=R. Brown
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|name=Eleocharis caribaea
|authority=(Rottbøll) S. F. Blake
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|name=Eleocharis dispar
|authority=E. J. Hill
}}
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Eleocharis;Eleocharis subg. Eleocharis;Eleocharis sect. Eleogenus;Eleocharis (sect. Eleogenus) ser. Maculosae;Eleocharis geniculata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cyperaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Eleocharis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Eleocharis subg. Eleocharis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Eleocharis sect. Eleogenus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>series</small>[[Eleocharis (sect. Eleogenus) ser. Maculosae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Eleocharis geniculata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 63, 97, 102
|treatment_page=page 101
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>tufted, without creeping rhizomes. <b>Culms</b> to 45 cm × 0.2–1 mm. <b>Leaves</b>: distal leaf sheaths persistent, firm, distally tightly sheathing, apex acute. <b>Spikelets</b> orbicular to ovoid, 1–9 × 1–4 mm, apex rounded to acute; proximal scale without flower, not amplexicaulous; floral scales to 125, 11–14 per mm of rachilla, tightly appressed, dark red-brown to stramineous, ovate to elliptic, 0.8–3 × 0.6–2(–2.3) mm, membranous to cartilaginous, apex rounded to acute. <b>Flowers</b>: perianth bristles (0–)4–8, typically 7, red-brown, rarely whitish, vestigial to much exceeding tubercle, typically equaling achene, spinules few to dense; styles 2-fid. <b>Achenes</b> brown ripening to black, biconvex, orbicular to obpyriform, 0.5–1.1 × 0.3–0.7 mm, apex rarely constricted proximal to tubercle, very finely reticulate at 40X. <b>Tubercles</b> stramineous to whitish, umbonate to subconic, 0.2–0.4 × 0.2–0.5 mm, apex rounded to acute. <b>2n</b> = 10.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting spring–winter (Mar–Dec).
|habitat=Brackish creeks, canal banks, dune depressions, hammocks, irrigation ditches, lakeshores, lagoons, mangrove thickets, maritime mud flats, ditches, salt marshes
|elevation=0–1500 m
|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ariz.;Calif.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;La.;Mich.;Miss.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;Tex.;Mexico;West Indies;Bermuda;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands.
|discussion=<p>The name <i>Eleocharis</i> caribaea (Rottbøll) S. F. Blake is considered by most contemporary authorities to be misapplied (K. L. Wilson 1990). <i>Eleocharis geniculata</i> has been reported from South Carolina; I have not seen a voucher.</p>
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name=Eleocharis geniculata
|author=
|authority=(Linnaeus) Roemer & Schultes in J. J. Roemer et al.
|rank=species
|parent rank=series
|synonyms=Eleocharis capitata;Eleocharis caribaea;Eleocharis dispar
|basionyms=Scirpus geniculatus
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting spring–winter (Mar–Dec).
|habitat=Brackish creeks, canal banks, dune depressions, hammocks, irrigation ditches, lakeshores, lagoons, mangrove thickets, maritime mud flats, ditches, salt marshes
|elevation=0–1500 m
|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ariz.;Calif.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;La.;Mich.;Miss.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;Tex.;Mexico;West Indies;Bermuda;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands.
|reference=None
|publication title=in J. J. Roemer et al., Syst. Veg.
|publication year=1817
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V23/V23_151.xml
|genus=Eleocharis
|subgenus=Eleocharis subg. Eleocharis
|section=Eleocharis sect. Eleogenus
|series=Eleocharis (sect. Eleogenus) ser. Maculosae
|species=Eleocharis geniculata
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