Rhynchospora radicans

Rhynchospora radicans
Rhynchospora radicans

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:
Subspecies: R. r. subsp. microcephala – R. r. subsp. radicans

Name

Rhynchospora radicans (Schltdl. & Cham.) H.Pfeiff., 1935

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Dichromena radicans Schltdl. & Cham. in Linnaea 6: 28 (1831)
    • Dichromena radicans var. typica A.Gross & Brade in Arq. Mus. Nac. Rio de Janeiro 34: 58 (1932), not validly publ.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Central America
      • Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá
    • Regional: Western South America
      • Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
    • Regional: Brazil
      • Brazil North
    • Regional: Northern South America
      • Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
    • Regional: Caribbean
      • Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
    • Introduced into:
      • Galápagos

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Primary references

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

Vernacular names

  • English: tropical whitetop
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