Cyperaceae
Rhynchospora

Rhynchospora eximia (Nees) Boeckeler

First published in Linnaea 37: 601 (1873)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Florida to Tropical America, Tropical Africa. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil North, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Mali, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panamá, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.
  • Browning, J. & al. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 14: 1-455. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Espejo Serna, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1997). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 5: 1-98. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • 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.
  • Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Lye, K.A. & Thery, P. (2012). Flore du Gabon 44: 1-230. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris; Margraf Publishers, Weikersheim; Meise Botanic Garden.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

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

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Berhaut. Fl. Sén. ed. 2, 359 (1967).
  • Kük. in Engl., Bot. Jahrl. 75: 181 (1950)
  • in Linnaea 37: 601 (1873)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Boeckeler in Linnaea 37: 601 (1873).
  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 316, fig.650 (1983).
  • Hoenselaar in F.T.E.A., Cyperaceae: 363 (2010).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 2: 1-694. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 316 (1983).
  • Linnaea 37: 601 (1873)

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.
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2022 Rieder, C.; Camara, M. [436] Guinea K000010720 No
Nov 1, 2003 Carvalho, A.M.; Thomas, W.W. [3064] Brazil K000189348 Yes
Jul 1, 1995 Nascimento, M.S.B. [1003] Brazil K000189515 Yes
Jan 1, 1969 Ule, E. [7672] Brazil K000632433 Type Yes
Apr 1, 1889 Seemann [140] Panama K000632501 Unknown Type Material Yes
Adam, J.G. [[7035]] Guinea K002771443 Yes
Theissen; Muller, F. [[1964]] Mexico K002773392 Yes
Parsons, A.C. [[27]] Nigeria K002771465 Yes
Luke, Q.; Sanogo, S. [16027] Mali K002771436 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [1401] Sierra Leone K002771446 Yes
Mexia, Y. [5656] Brazil K001180777 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [818] Sierra Leone K002771449 Yes
Assi, A. [6612] Cote d'Ivoire K002771461 Yes
Wit; Gbile; Daramola [173] Nigeria K002771463 Yes
Anderson, W.R. [9522] Brazil K001180774 Yes
Mexia, Y. [5656] Brazil K001180778 Yes
Pires, M.J. [1696] Brazil K001180776 Yes
Devred, R. [2114] K002771697 No
Adam, J.G. [s.n.] K002771444 Yes
Verboom, W.C. [114] Malawi K002772044 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [14559] Dominican Republic K000632373 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pringle, C.G. [s.n.] Mexico K002773395 Yes
Geerling, C.; Bokdam, J. [1093] Burkina Faso K002771456 Yes
Jaeger, P. [54] Mali K002771442 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K002771452 Yes
Clayton, D. [DC 1304] Nigeria K002771466 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [5875] Sierra Leone K002771450 Yes
Jordan [573] Sierra Leone K002771451 Yes
J.R. [5029] Mali K002771440 Yes
Orcutt, C.R. [4583] Mexico K002773394 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K.B. [7259] Tanzania K002771813 Yes
Gbile; Wit; Daramola [s.n.] Nigeria K002771464 Yes
Jordan, H.D. [175] Sierra Leone K002771448 Yes
Wit, P.; Gbile, Z.O.; Daramola, B.O. [173] Nigeria K002771462 Yes
Kershaw, K.A. [900708] Nigeria K002771467 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Phillips, S.M.; Muasya, A.M.; Macha, E. [96/466] Tanzania K002771814 Yes
Wright, C. [3381] K002773679 Yes
Fournier, A. [1244] Cote d'Ivoire K002771453 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H10997] Dominican Republic K002773677 Yes
Assi, A. [9245] Cote d'Ivoire K002771454 Yes
Hall, J.B. [IV51] Cote d'Ivoire K002771455 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Hien, M.; Sangaré, H. [s.n.] Burkina Faso K002771457 Yes
Hall; Enti [GC 35735] Ghana K002771460 Yes
Maguire, B.; Schulz, J.P.; Soderstrom, T.R.; Holmgren, N. [53961] Suriname K002411670 Yes
s.coll. [277] Panama K002412432 Yes
Luke, Q.; Sanogo, S. [16029] Mali K002771435 Yes
Jaeger, P. [80] Mali K002771441 Yes
Gbile; Daramola [s.n.] Nigeria K002771469 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H 10997] Dominican Republic K002773678 Yes
Chermezon, H. [3380] K002771696 No
Deighton, F.C. [3777] Sierra Leone K002771445 Yes
Fay, J.M. [3409] Central African Republic K002771698 No
Fotius, G. [2230] Cameroon K002771695 No
Standley, P.C. [29153] Panama K002412431 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Mexico K002773393 Yes
Ule, E. [8070] Brazil K001180773 Yes
Hall, J.B. [505] Nigeria K002771468 Yes
Jordan, H.D. [150] Sierra Leone K002771447 Yes

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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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