Cyperaceae
Rhynchospora
Rhynchospora radicans

Rhynchospora radicans subsp. microcephala (Bertero ex Spreng.) W.W.Thomas

First published in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 37: 60 (1984)
This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is S. Mexico to Tropical America. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Galápagos

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. (2005). Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 52: 1-415.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Strong, M.T. (2006). Taxonomy and distribution of Rhynchospora (Cyperaceae) in the Guianas, South America. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 53: 1-225.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Peck, M.E. [424] Belize K002773223 Yes
Laegaard, S. [51441] Ecuador K002412646 Yes
Fondler, A. [342] Panama K002412650 Yes
Thieme, C. [5561] Honduras K002773226 Yes
Poiteau [s.n.] K002412093 Yes
{Hugh O' Neill} [8881] Belize K002773224 Yes
Eggers, B. [188] K002773925 Yes
{Fa. G. Wilson-Browne} [WB 218] Guyana K002412092 Yes
Broadway, W.E. [1637] Grenada K002773928 Yes
Shepherd, K.R. [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago K002773937 Yes
Camp, W.H. [E-3792] Ecuador K002412648 Yes
Vélez, I. [3240] Grenada K002773932 Yes
Harris, W.H. [12578] Jamaica K002773923 Yes
Cook, C.D.K. [106] Guyana K002412091 Yes
Imray, J. [s.n.] Dominica K002773931 Yes
Ryves, T.B.; Clement, E.J. [93 TOB/222] Trinidad and Tobago K002773939 Yes
Peterson, P.M.; Annable, C. [6713] Panama K002412163 Yes
Britton, N.L.; Hazen, T.E.; Mendelson, W. [1646] Trinidad and Tobago K002773935 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P6320] Trinidad and Tobago K002773936 Yes
Pittier [11638] Venezuela K002412647 Yes
Hart, J.H. [70] Panama K002412652 Yes
Harris, W.H. [12294] Jamaica K002773919 Yes
Lehmann [5253] Colombia K002412655 Yes
Maas, P.J.M.; Dressler, R.L. [1645] Panama K002412651 Yes
Schunke Vigo, J. [4618] Peru K002412658 Yes
von Tuerckheim, H. [8773] Guatemala K002773225 Yes
Lloyd, F.E. [327] Dominica K002773927 Yes
Harris, W.H. [12294] Jamaica K002773922 Yes
Peterson, P.M. [8499] Panama K002412162 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Grenada K002773929 Yes
Husnot, T. [s.n.] K002773926 Yes
Ryves, T.B.; Clement, E.J. [93TOB] Trinidad and Tobago K002773940 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [s.n.] Dominican Republic K002773917 Yes
Broadway, W.E. [6050] Trinidad and Tobago K002773938 Yes
Sandoval, E.; Sandoval, M. [1393] El Salvador K002773222 Yes
Perkins, J.R. [1180] Jamaica K002773921 Yes
Killip, E.P. [11511] Colombia K002412656 Yes
Perkins, J.R. [1489] Jamaica K002773920 Yes
Klug, G. [1731] Colombia K002412654 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H 8235] Haiti K002773918 Yes
Williams, R.S. [899] Bolivia K002412657 Yes
Smith, H.; Smith, G.W. [237] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines K002773930 Yes
s.coll. [6543] Ecuador K002412649 Yes
Smith, H.H. [229] Colombia K002412653 Yes
Wilson [308] Jamaica K002773924 Yes
Frndler, A. [879] Trinidad and Tobago K002773934 No
Ryves, T.B.; Clement, E.J. [94TR/206] Trinidad and Tobago K002773933 Yes

Sources

  • 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