Rhynchospora holoschoenoides

Fly beaksedge
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Rhynchospora
Species:
R. holoschoenoides
Binomial name
Rhynchospora holoschoenoides
(Rich.) Herter (1953)[2]
Synonyms[2]
Synonymy
  • Cephaloschoenus polycephalus Nees (1834)
  • Ephippiorhynchium polycephalum (Nees) Nees (1842)
  • Rhynchospora polycephala (Nees) Wydler ex Kunth (1837)
  • Schoenus holoschoenoides Rich. (1792)
  • Cephaloschoenus oligocephalus Hochst. (1845)
  • Cephaloschoenus tenuirostris Nees (1834)
  • Dichromena cyperoides (Mart.) J.F.Macbr. (1931)
  • Ephippiorhynchium tenuirostre Nees (1842)
  • Mariscus pilulifer G.Bertol. (1854)
  • Rhynchospora arechavaletae Boeckeler (1888)
  • Rhynchospora cyperoides Mart. (1824)
  • Rhynchospora dolichostyla K.Schum. (1903)
  • Rhynchospora globulifera Link (1820)
  • Rhynchospora mauritii Steud. (1855)
  • Rhynchospora ostenii Kük. (1914)
  • Rhynchospora riedeliana Gand. (1919)
  • Rhynchospora schoenoides Britton (1892)
  • Rhynchospora sparganioides Bojer (1837)
  • Rhynchospora sphaerocephala Boeckeler (1888)
  • Rhynchospora tenuirostris (Nees) Kunth (1837)
  • Rhynchospora triceps (Vahl) Hochst. (1845)
  • Rhynchospora urvillei Steud. (1855)
  • Schoenus cyperinus J.F.Gmel. (1792)
  • Schoenus cyperoides Sw. (1788)
  • Schoenus fragifer Rudge (1805)
  • Schoenus globulifer (Link) Willd. ex Kunth (1837)
  • Schoenus sparganioides Lindl. ex Kunth (1837)
  • Schoenus triceps Vahl (1798)
  • Scirpus muricatus Poir. (1805)

Rhynchospora holoschoenoides, known by the common name of fly beaksedge, is a member of the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It is a perennial herb, found throughout the Caribbean, Central and South America and western and southern Africa.[3]

Rhynchospora holoschoenoides grows between 40 and 130 centimeters tall in swamps and ponds. It features distinctive spherical spikelets at the ends of its branches, a trait it shares with Rhynchospora rubra subsp. africana, but can be distinguished by the presence of spikelets on multiple branches, whereas R. rubra possesses only a single spikelet on its central stem.[4]

References

  1. ^ Mesterházy, A. (2020). "Rhynchospora holoschoenoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T68150126A68150133. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T68150126A68150133.en. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Rhynchospora holoschoenoides (Rich.) Herter", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 27 December 2022
  3. ^ "Rhynchospora holoschoenoides". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Rhynchospora holoschoenoides", Flora of Tropical East Africa, retrieved 27 December 2022


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