Claybank beaksedge
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Rhynchospora
Species:
R. rugosa
Binomial name
Rhynchospora rugosa
(Vahl) Gale (1944)[1]
Infraspecific taxa
  • Rhynchospora rugosa subsp. americana (Guagl.) Govaerts (2007)
  • Rhynchospora rugosa subsp. lavarum (Gaudich.) T.Koyama (1989)
  • Rhynchospora rugosa f. ponapensis (Hosok.) T.Koyama (1964)
  • Rhynchospora rugosa subsp. rugosa (Vahl) Gale (1944)
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Dichromena glauca J.F.Macbr. (1929)
  • Rhynchospora glauca Vahl (1805)
  • Schoenus rugosus Vahl (1798)
  • Rhynchospora durandiana Boeckeler (1896)
  • Rhynchospora ferruginea Roem. & Schult. (1817)
  • Rhynchospora laevigata Steud. (1855)
  • Rhynchospora pauloensis Boeckeler (1890)
  • Rhynchospora ponapensis Hosok. (1935)
  • Rhynchospora pungens Liebm. (1850)
  • Rhynchospora vicozensis Schult. (1824)

Rhynchospora rugosa, known by the common name of claybank beaksedge, is a member of the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It is a perennial herb, native to Central and South America.[2]

While Plants of the World Online accepts the African Rhynchospora brownii as an extant species,[3] it is considered to be a subspecies of Rhynchospora rugosa by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Rhynchospora rugosa (Vahl) Gale", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 27 December 2022
  2. โ†‘ "Rhynchospora rugosa". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  3. โ†‘ "Rhynchospora brownii Roem. & Schult.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 27 December 2022
  4. โ†‘ "Rhynchospora rugosa subsp. brownii". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 27 December 2022.


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