Cyperaceae
Rhynchospora

Rhynchospora pubera (Vahl) Boeckeler

First published in Linnaea 37: 528 (1873)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Costa Rica to S. Tropical America. It is an annual or perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guyana, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Central American Pac

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 2: 1-694. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.

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

  • Trusty, J.L., Kesler, H.C. & Delgado, G.H. (2006). Vascular flora of Isla del Coco, Costa Rica. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 57: 247-355.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • 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?
Jan 1, 2008 Sasaki, D.; Nascimento, J.; André, T.J.C.; Mortati, A.F.; Piva, J.H. [1615] Brazil K000578470 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Brito, H.S.; Vinha, S.G. [69] Brazil K000189363 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Noblick, L.R.; Britto, I.C.; Castro, A.C. [2383] Brazil K000189364 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Santos, T.S.; Silva, L.A.M. [3245] Brazil K000189362 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Riedel, L. [s.n.] Brazil K000189357 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Gardner, G. [1208] Brazil K000189359 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Harley, R.M.; Renvoize, S.A.; Erskine, C.M.; Brighton, C.A.; Pinheiro, R. [17455] Brazil K000189361 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Gardner, G. [1208] Brazil K000189358 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Salzmann, P. [s.n.] Brazil K000189360 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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