Genus Websteria S. H. Wright

Usually considered a synonym of Eleocharis R. Br.


Summary
Genus number:
16997
Last updated:
3 March 2010
Family:
Cyperaceae
Subfamily:
Cyperoideae
Tribe:
Eleocharideae
Accession count:

0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:

There are no associated species records for this genus in GRIN.

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References:
  1. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. Note: = Eleocharis R. Br.
  2. González-Elizondo, M. S. & P. M. Peterson. 1997. A classification of and key to the supraspecific taxa in Eleocharis (Cyperaceae). Taxon 46:445. Note: accepts
  3. Hinchliff, C. E. et al. 2010. The origins of Eleocharis (Cyperaceae) and the status of Websteria, Egleria, and Chillania. Taxon 59:709-719. Note: derived from within Eleocharis
  4. Roalson, E. H. & E. A. Friar. 2000. Infrageneric classification of Eleocharis (Cyperaceae) revisited: evidence from the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of nuclear ribosomal DNA. Syst. Bot. 25:323-336. Note: molecular evidence places in Eleocharis clade
  5. Tucker, G. C. 1987. The genera of the Cyperaceae in the southeastern United States. J. Arnold Arbor. 68:361-445. Note: = Eleocharis R. Br.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=16997. Accessed 15 April 2026.