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Elatine chilensis Gay [JPM]
Elatinaceae
Chilean waterwort

Origin: Native

Voucher:WTU (view specimen records)

Notes: The author is Claude Gay, not Gray as in KZ99.

Elatine rubella Rydb., redstem waterwort, three-flowered waterwort, three-stamen waterwort, is reported from WA by KZ99, based on a collection from Usk, cited in Abrams as E. triandra (Kreager 367 WTU, 1902). That collection is E. chilensis

Literature:
» Tucker, G.C. 1986. The genera of Elatinaceae in the southeastern United States. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 67: 471-483.
» Tucker, G. C. 1993. Elatinaceae, In: Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California. Univ. of California Press, Berkeley.

Taxon treatment authored by Peter F. Zika; last updated 12/22/2008 by David Giblin
Synonyms
Elatine americana (Pursh) Arn. misapplied   [Abrams, Peck, H&C]
Elatine triandra Schkuhr misapplied   [Abrams, Peck, H&C]




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