Eleocharis ovata (Roth) Roem. & Schult., Jepson Interchange: Jepson Flora Project

	Eleocharis ovata (Roth) Roem. & Schult.
·	CYPERACEAE ·
Information from the Index of California Plant Names (ICPN)

Current Jepson Flora Project Synonyms

Scirpus ovatus Roth; Eleocharis obtusa var. ovata (Roth) Drapalik & Mohlenbr.; Eleocharis ovata (Roth) Roem. & Schult. var. heuseri (Uechtr.) Garcke [Jeff Greenhouse (pers. comm. to Editor of this Index) indicates that it is possible that the author of the basionym is Rudolf Uechtritz (R. Uechtr.) and not Max Uechtritz (Uechtr.), but that he has not been able to locate the references necessary for resolution.]

Initial Editorial Analysis 17 Aug 2010

Notes on Authorship of Name	all = Authors of Plant Names

Notes on Publication of Name	[from International Plant Names Index-Gray Card Index]: Syst. Veg. (ed. 16) [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 152. 1817 [Nov 1817]; remarks: R. Brown (Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 224. 1810) assigned Scirpus ovatus to Eleocharis, but did not make E. ovata

Source of Report for California	Correspondence 1
Correspondence and Comments Subsequent to Initial Analysis

Correspondence 1	8 Mar 2004 Interchange Feedback from Dean Wm Taylor see Comment 1

Editorial Comments 1

Correspondence 1 indicates that UC1561242 is annotated by Galen Smith [The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] Author, Flora North America author] as Eleocharis ovata (Roth) Roem. & Schult., that this would constitute the only known record for CA, and that the species is not indicated for California in the Flora North America treatment of this genus (23:103). [Heleocharis ovata auth. not Roem. & Schult. listed as synonym of Heleocharis obtusa in Munz (p. 1421).]

Correspondence 2	08 Mar 2004 Interchange Feedback from Richard Moe see Comment 2

Editorial Comments 2

Correspondence 2 indicates that Galen Smith [The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] Author, Flora North America author] annotated 4 specimens as Eleocharis ovata: UC1103661, Joseph P. Tracy, Aug 15 1920, 5365, Humboldt; UC1114821, V. F. Hesse, Oct 16 1958, 2554, Santa Cruz, Freedom; UC1115568, V. F. Hesse, Nov 6 1958, 2563, Santa Cruz, Watsonville; UC1561242, Barbara Ertter, Sep 4 1988, 7923, Mono, Bridgeport.

Correspondence 3	Treatment and author notes submitted for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] by S. Galen Smith see Comment 3

Editorial Comments 3	Correspondence 3 indicates that for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] Eleocharis ovata (Roth) Roem. & Schult. is to be recognized and treated as native to CA.
Editorial Summary and Current Status

Editorial Summary	addition, for taxon reported for California since The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1].

Current Status	JFP-1, accepted name for taxon native to CA

Current Status Authority	The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]

Current Status Date	17 Aug 2010
List of names for this Current Status category
List of ICPN names in Eleocharis List of names from ICPN, Hrusa's Crosswalk, and Jepson Flora in Eleocharis

Resources of the Jepson Flora Project:

External links:

·Distribution maps: County distribution based on CCH specimens

	Jepson eFlora

	Archived Indexes from The Jepson Manual (1993; TJM1)
	Jepson's "A Flora of California" (genus)

	Cal Photos images
	Common names
	IPNI
	Tropicos Taxonomic information from the Missouri Botanical Garden
	Calflora: Taxon report · Distribution · Observations
	GBIF
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