Cyperaceae
Rhynchospora

Rhynchospora floridensis (Britton ex Small) H.Pfeiff.

First published in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 49: 82 (1940)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Florida, Bahamas to Turks-Caicos Islands, SE. Mexico to Belize. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bahamas, Belize, Florida, Mexico Southeast, Turks-Caicos Is.

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.
  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Correll, D.S. & Correll, H.B. (1982). Flora of the Bahama Archipelago: 1-1692. J.Cramer, Vaduz.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1983 Nash, G.V.; Taylor, N. [1254] Bahamas, The K000632331 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Small, J.K.; Nash, J.V. [181] United States K001057277 Unknown Type Material Yes
{Eggers} [3833] Bahamas, The K002773945 Yes
Small, J.K.; Moiser, C.A.; Simpson, C.T. [5810] United States K002773136 Yes
Small, J.K.; Carter, J.J. [s.n.] United States K002773137 Yes
Wilson, P. [7520] Bahamas, The K002773946 Yes
Wilson, P. [7302] Bahamas, The K002773942 Yes
Wilson, P. [8229] Bahamas, The K002773943 Yes
[Celfauhus] [97] Bahamas, The K002773941 Yes
Brace [212] Bahamas, The K002773944 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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.
    • 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 2025. 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 2025. 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