Cyperaceae
Rhynchospora

Rhynchospora biflora Boeckeler

First published in Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1871: 156 (1871)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Caribbean, Colombia to Venezuela, SE. & S. Brazil. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Venezuela

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.
  • Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Silva da Silva Filho, P.J., Trevisan, R. & Boldrini, I.I. (2013). Taxonomic novelties in Rhynchospora (Cyperaceae). Phytotaxa 149: 1-11.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 1889 Glaziou, A.F.M. [4289] Brazil K000632551 Type Yes
Aug 3, 1898 Sintenis, P. [1356] Puerto Rico Rhynchospora elongata K000632375 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aug 3, 1898 Sintenis, P. [1356] Puerto Rico Rhynchospora elongata K000632376 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ekman, E.L. [5746] Haiti Rhynchospora elongata K002773621 No
May 1, 1890 Glaziou, A.F.M. [6754] Brazil Rhynchospora cryptantha K000632445 Type Yes
Koyama, T. [13679] Brazil Rhynchospora cryptantha K001180706 Yes
Dusén, P. [s.n.] Brazil Rhynchospora cryptantha K001180709 Yes
Koyama, T. [13679] Brazil Rhynchospora cryptantha K001180707 Yes
Camerik, A.M. [240] Brazil Rhynchospora cryptantha K001180708 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [12709] Dominican Republic Rhynchospora ekmanii K000632341 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 1, 1889 s.coll. [9336] Brazil Rhynchospora uniflora K000632446 Unknown Type Material Yes
Clarke, C.B. [3810] Brazil Rhynchospora uniflora K001180704 Yes
Ule, E. [2736] Brazil Rhynchospora uniflora K001180700 Yes
Reitz, R. [5131] Brazil Rhynchospora uniflora K001180702 Yes
Reitz; Klein [9701] Brazil Rhynchospora uniflora K001180703 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [20554] Brazil Rhynchospora uniflora K001180705 Yes
Ule, E. [1927] Brazil Rhynchospora uniflora K001180699 Yes
Hatschbach, G. [14588] Brazil Rhynchospora uniflora K001180701 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0