Open AccessEleocharis elegans (Cyperaceae) new to Florida and a possible native addition to the flora of the United States
Author(s) -
Daniel F. Brunton,
J.R. Campbell,
Anton A. Reznicek
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of the botanical research institute of texas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2644-1608
pISSN - 1934-5259
DOI - 10.17348/jbrit.v12.i1.932
Subject(s) - cyperaceae , flora (microbiology) , geography , wetland , ecology , archaeology , biology , poaceae , paleontology , bacteria
Eleocharis elegans, a neotropical wetland sedge (Cyperaceae), is reported as new for the United States from a site in Hardee County, Florida. A number of factors suggest this represents a natural occurrence. We speculate that climate change-related factors such as increasingly frequent major storms offer the most logical explanation of its arrival in the United States.