Rhynchospora marisculus

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 marisculus Lindl. & Nees, 1842

Homotypic
- Dichromena marisculus (Lindl. & Nees) J.F.Macbr. in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 11: 5 (1931)
Heterotypic
- Dichromena weberbaueri (C.B.Clarke) J.F.Macbr. in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 4: 167 (1929)
- Rhynchospora borinquensis Britton in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42: 387 (1915)
- Rhynchospora marisculus var. elatior Boeckeler in Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1869: 149 (1870)
- Rhynchospora rigida Schrad. ex Kunth in Enum. Pl. 2: 297 (1837), not validly publ.
- Rhynchospora rigidula Schrad. ex Knuth in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 43: 148 (1926)
- Rhynchospora tenuiseta C.Wright in Anales Acad. Ci. Méd. Habana 8: 83 (1871)
- Rhynchospora uleana Boeckeler in Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 2: 110 (1896)
- Rhynchospora weberbaueri C.B.Clarke in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 518 (1906)
- Schoenus marisculus Salzm. ex Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 147 (1855), not validly publ.

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay, Uruguay
- Regional: Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest

Lindl. & Nees in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), 1842. Fl. Bras. 2(1): 142

Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Rhynchospora marisculus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 June 10. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Rhynchospora marisculus. Published online. Accessed: June 10 2025. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Rhynchospora marisculus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 June 2025. Reference page.