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. ↑ "Rhynchospora rugosa". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "Rhynchospora brownii Roem. & Schult.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 27 December 2022
  4. ↑ "Rhynchospora rugosa subsp. brownii". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 27 December 2022.


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