Correspondence 1 indicates that Eleocharis bernardina is reported for California in Flora North America, and is not in ICPN [Evidently, as Eleocharis pauciflora var. bernardina (Munz & I. M. Johnst.) Svenson, listed as synonym of Eleocharis pauciflora in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1]]
Correspondence 2 indicates that S. Galen Smith [The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] family editor and Flora North America author of Eleocharis] treats Eleocharis pauciflora (Lightf.) Link [evidently including Eleocharis bernardina (Munz & I. M. Johnst.) Munz & I. M. Johnst. and Eleocharis pauciflora var. bernardina (Munz & I. M. Johnst.) Svenson] and Eleocharis quinqueflora (Hartmann) O. Schwarz as conspecific, with Eleocharis pauciflora (Lightf.) Link as a synonym of Eleocharis quinqueflora (Hartmann) O. Schwarz because the latter is based on Scirpus quinqueflorus Hartmann (Primae Lin. Inst. Bot., ed. 2:85. 1767), which has priority over Scirpus pauciflorus Lightf., the basionym of Eleocharis pauciflorus (Flora Scotica 2:1078. 1777).
Correspondence 3 indicates that for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] Eleocharis bernardina (Munz & I. M. Johnst.) Munz & I. M. Johnst. is to be recognized and treated as native to CA.
