Manatee beaksedge
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Rhynchospora
Species:
R. megaplumosa
Binomial name
Rhynchospora megaplumosa
E.L.Bridges & S.L.Orzell

Rhynchospora megaplumosa, the Manatee beaksedge,[1] is a plant species endemic to a small region in central Florida. It is known from only 4 Counties: Polk, Hillsboro, Manatee and Sarasota. It generally grows on sandy soil in pine woodlands.[2][3]

Rhynchospora megaplumosa is a perennial herb up to 90 cm tall, often forming clumps. Culms are round in cross-section. Spikelets are densely crowded together, tapering at both ends, light brown, about 9 mm long, with bristles nearly twice as long as the fruit, sticking out of the spikelet and giving a feathery appearance. [2][4][5][6]

References

  1. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Rhynchospora megaplumosa". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  2. 1 2 Flora of North America v 23 p 218. Rhynchospora megaplumosa
  3. BONAP (Biota of North America Project) floristic synthesis,Rhynchospora megaplumosa
  4. Bridges, Edwin L. & Orzell, Steve L. 2000. Lundellia 3: 20–25, f. 1.
  5. Kral, R. 1996. Supplemental notes on Rhynchospora crinipes and related species in sect. Fuscae (Cyperaceae). Sida 17: 385–411.
  6. Kükenthal, G. 1949–1951. Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Rhynchosporoideae 18. Rhynchospora Vahl. Botanische Jahrbuch der Systematik 74: 375–509; 75: 90–115, 273–314, 451–497.
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