Cladium jamaicense Crantz
CYPERACEAE
- Sedge family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
Taxon Page:
Name: Cladium jamaicense Crantz
Nomencl. ref.: Institutiones Rei Herbariae 1 1766
Rank: species
See: ► Cladium mariscus (L.) Pohl ssp. jamaicense (Crantz) Kük.
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Common names
U.S.
name:
Jamaica swamp sawgrass
English name: saw-grass
Grown habit: Graminoid
Duration: Perennial
Synonyms:
= Cladium mariscus (L.) Pohl ssp. jamaicense (Crantz) Kük.
= Cladium leptostachyum Nees & Meyen
= Mariscus jamaicensis (Crantz) Britton
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Cladium
Species:
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Cladium jamaicense
Clump at Green Cay Wetlands, Florida - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Cladium jamaicense
Leaves and inflorescence at Green Cay Wetlands Boynton Beach, Florida - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Cladium jamaicense
Seed heads at Green Cay Wetlands Boynton Beach, Florida - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Cladium jamaicense
Habitat and aerial view at Kawainui Marsh, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Cladium jamaicense
Seed head at Green Cay Wetlands Boynton Beach, Florida - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Cladium jamaicense
Seeds at Green Cay Wetlands Boynton Beach, Florida - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Cladium jamaicense
Habitat at Kawainui Marsh, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Cladium jamaicense
Clump at Green Cay Wetlands Boynton Beach, Florida - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Cladium jamaicense
Clump at Green Cay Wetlands Boynton Beach, Florida - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, HI, LA, MS, NC, NM, SC, TX, VA), USA+ (PR)
Map for Cladium jamaicense Crantz
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA
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More species:
1) Cladium mariscus (L.) Pohl [720]
2) Cladium mariscus (L.) Pohl var. californicum S. Watson [156]
3) Cladium restioides (Sw.) Benth. [138]
4) Cladocarpa caumii (H. St. John) H. St. John [131]
5) Cladocarpa maximowiczii (Cogn.) H. St. John [136]
6) Cladonia aberrans (Abbayes) Stuckenb. [115]
7) Cladonia alpicola (Flotow) Vain. [132]
8) Cladonia arbuscula (Wallr.) Flotow ssp. mitis (Sandst.) Ruoss [90]
9) Cladonia balfourii Crombie [102]
10) Cladonia capitata (Michx.) Spreng. [129]
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