Rhynchospora gigantea

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 gigantea Link, 1820

Homotypic
- Calyptrostylis gigantea (Link) Nees in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(1): 137 (1842)
- Dichromena gigantea (Link) J.F.Macbr. in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 11: 6 (1931)
Heterotypic
- Cephaloschoenus pseudomariscus Nees in Linnaea 9: 296 (1834), not validly publ.
- Rhynchospora gigantea var. scaberrima (Boeckeler) Kük. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 74: 419 (1949)
- Rhynchospora pseudomariscus Kunth in Enum. Pl. 2: 303 (1837)
- Rhynchospora scaberrima Boeckeler in Flora 63: 452 (1880)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central
- Regional: Carobbean
  - Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico
- Regional: Northern South America
  - French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Paraguay
- Regional: Central America
  - Honduras, Nicaragua
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast

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Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: I–XXV, 1–1192. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page.

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