Rhynchospora globosa

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:
Varieties: R. g. var. globosa – R. g. var. tenuifolia

Rhynchospora globosa (Kunth) Roem. & Schult., 1817

Homotypic
- Cephaloschoenus globosus (Kunth) Nees in Linnaea 9: 296 (1834)
- Chaetospora globosa Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 135 (1816)
- Schoenus globosus (Kunth) Willd. ex Kunth in Enum. Pl. 2: 288 (1837)

Rhynchospora globosa (Rudge) Desv. in W.Hamilton, Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid.: 15 (1825), nom. illeg. vide Rhynchospora barbata (Vahl) Kunth in Enum. Pl. 2: 290 (1837)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Paraguay
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Peru
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Cuba, Trinidad-Tobago
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest

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