Rhynchospora rariflora

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Cyperaceae
Subfamilia: Cyperoideae
Tribus: Rhynchosporeae
Genus: Rhynchospora
Species: Rhynchospora rariflora

Rhynchospora rariflora (Michaux, A.) Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 58 (1816).

Basionym
- Schoenus rariflorus Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 35 (1803).
Homotypic
- Rhynchospora micrantha Vahl, Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 231 (1805), nom. superfl.
- Rhynchospora micrantha Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 48 (1813), nom. illeg.
- Dichromena micrantha (Vahl) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 278 (1837).
- Phaeocephalum rariflorum (Michx.) House, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 6: 202 (1920).
Heterotypic
- Schoenus glaucus Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 2: 249 (1811).
- Haloschoenus sparsus Nees, Linnaea 9: 296 (1834), not validly publ.
- Rhynchospora setacea Willd. ex Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 297 (1837).
- Schoenus setaceus Vahl ex Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 297 (1837).
- Pterochaete drummondii Arn. ex Boeckeler, Linnaea 37: 600 (1873).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Southeastern USA
  - Alabama; Arkansas; Florida; Georgia; Louisiana; Maryland; Mississippi; New Jersey; North Carolina; Oklahoma; South Carolina; Tennessee; Texas; Virginia
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Cuba; Dominican Republic; Jamaica; Leeward Is.; Puerto Rico; Windward Is.

Elliott, S. 1816–1821. A Sketch of the Botany of South-Carolina and Georgia Volume I. 606 pp., 6 pl. Charleston, SC: J.R. Schenck. BHL Reference page. : 1: 58.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Rhynchospora rariflora in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Rhynchospora rariflora. Published online. Accessed: Feb 21 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Rhynchospora rariflora in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 21. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Rhynchospora rariflora. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Feb 2020.

English: fewflower beaksedge