Eleogiton fluitans (L.) Link
(Floating Club-rush)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEleogiton fluitans (Floating Club-rush)
FamilyCYPERACEAE (cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)
OrderPOALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Eleogiton fluitans (Floating Club-rush) :
1: Eleogiton fluitans (Floating Club-rush)
26 Jun 2002 OSGR: SY59 50° 50’ N, 2° 40’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Image 1: Inflorescence - magnifiedImage 2: InflorescencesImage 3: Leafy shootsImage 4: Plant

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Rich, T.C.G. & Preston, C.D. Aquatics with fine, linear leaves (Eleogiton, Juncus, Najas, Pilularia, Potamogeton, Ruppia and Zannichellia) Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012

Eleogiton fluitans (Floating Club-rush) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Eleogiton fluitans (Floating Club-rush)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Eleogiton fluitans (Floating Club-rush)
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