Cyperaceae
Rhynchospora

Rhynchospora barbata (Vahl) Kunth

First published in Enum. Pl. 2: 290 (1837)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Mexico to Tropical America. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles

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.
  • 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.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • de Moura Júnior, E.G. & al. (2015). Updated checklist of aquatic macrophytes from Northern Brazil. Acta Amazonica 45: 111-132.

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

  • 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.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • 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.

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.
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 1, 1995 Nascimento, M.S.B. [1008] Brazil K000189595 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Amorim, A.; Carvalho, A.M.; Hind, D.J.N.; Sant'Ana, S.; Mayer, A. [517] Brazil K000189858 Yes
Oct 1, 1993 Sant'Ana, S.C.; Carvalho, A.M.; Jardim, J.G.; Delavie, J.; Argolo, J.; Fonseca, M. [381] Brazil K000189859 Yes
Feb 1, 1984 Carvalho, A.M.; Plowman, T. [1434] Brazil K000189600 Yes
Oct 1, 1981 Carvalho, A.M.; Gatti, J. [416] Brazil K000189596 Yes
Jan 1, 1981 Mori, S.A.; Boom, B.M.; Carvalho, A.M. [13718] Brazil K000189601 Yes
Jan 1, 1980 Sucre, D.; Silva, J.F. [9332] Brazil K000189602 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Mori, S.A.; Silva, L.A.M.; Santos, T.S. [11389] Brazil K000189597 Yes
Aug 1, 1978 Harley, R.M.; Renvoize, S.A.; Erskine, C.M.; Brighton, C.A.; Pinheiro, R. [17317] Brazil K000189605 Yes
Feb 1, 1978 Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J.; Storr, R.M.; Santos, T.S.; Pinheiro, R.S. [18524] Brazil K000189604 Yes
Rodriguez, D.; Galán, P.; Ramos, P. [4300] El Salvador K002773243 Yes
Harrison, S.G.; Persaud, R. [958] Guyana K002774061 Yes
s.coll. [234] French Guiana K002774100 Yes
{Renderos, M.A.; Villacorta, R.; Ai} [604] El Salvador K002773242 Yes
Tutin, T.G. [506] Guyana K002774060 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P6508] Trinidad and Tobago K002773511 Yes
Johnston, J.R. [207] Venezuela K002412170 Yes
Beccari, N. [s.n.] French Guiana K002774087 Yes
Davidse, G.; Pohl, R.W. [1333] Costa Rica K002773245 Yes
de Granville, Jean-Jacques; Berg, C.C.; Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; van Setten, J. [6019] Guyana K002774075 Yes
Bio, U.G. [106] Guyana K002774068 Yes
Maas, P.J.M.; Westra, L.Y.T. [4392] Guyana K002774047 Yes
Jenman, G.S. [1254] Guyana K002774097 Yes
Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; Feuillet, C.; Hiepko, P.; Skog, L.E.; ter Welle, B.J.H. [40] Guyana K002774080 Yes
Whitton, B.A. [242] Guyana K002774045 Yes
Sant'Ana, S.C.; Carvalho, A.M.; Amorim, A.; Mayer, A. [119] Brazil K000189599 Yes
Kramer, K.U.; Hekking, W.H.A. [2995] Suriname K002774113 Yes
Lanjouw, J.; Lindeman, J.C. [1622] Suriname K002774069 Yes
Yuncker, T.G.; Dawson, R.F.; Youse, H.R. [5705] Honduras K002773233 Yes
Fendler, A. [885] Trinidad and Tobago K002773505 Yes
Ryves, T.B.; Clement, E.J. [94TR/268] Trinidad and Tobago K002773499 Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Argentina K002774092 Yes
Ryves, T.B.; Clement, E.J. [94TR/222] Trinidad and Tobago K002773501 Yes
Maguire, B.; Fanshawe, D.B. [23098] Guyana K002774054 Yes
Wurdack, K.J.; Perry, C.; Glennon, K.; Liverpool, E.; Benjamin, P.; Hinchiff, C.; Redden, K. [4137] Guyana K002774090 Yes
Trujillo, B. [11575] Venezuela K002412175 Yes
Appan [s.n.] Guyana K002774091 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P6506] Trinidad and Tobago K002773509 Yes
Ryves, T.B.; Clement, E.J. [94TR/271] Trinidad and Tobago K002773500 Yes
Lanjouw, J. [333] Suriname K002774096 Yes
Hostmann [523] Suriname K002774101 Yes
Galán, P.; Espinoza, N. [2472] El Salvador K002773244 Yes
Lockhart [298] Trinidad and Tobago K002773507 Yes
Salzmann, P. [s.n.] Brazil K000189603 Yes
Lanjouw, J.; Lindeman, J.C. [179] K002774110 Yes
Poiteau [s.n.] K002774058 No
Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; Nic Lauhadha, E.M.; ter Welle, B.J.H.; Gopaul, D. [1399] Guyana K002774079 Yes
Amorim, A.; Carvalho, A.M.; Hind, D.J.N.; Sant'Ana, S.; Mayer, A. [517] Brazil K000189598 Yes
[T. Bone]; [Good. Vet]; Martyn [343] Guyana K002774053 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [11304] K002773497 Yes
Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; Lilwah, R.; Raghoenandan, U.P.D.; Scheplits, F.; Vermeer, J. [5430] Guyana K002774067 Yes
Wilson-Browne, G. [WB164] Guyana K002774055 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [10972] K002773498 Yes
Harrison, S.G. [1262] Guyana K002774065 Yes
Tate, G.H.H. [289] Guyana K002774077 Yes
Leprieur, M. [s.n.] Guyana K002774073 Yes
André, É. [1979] Ecuador K002412186 Yes
Wurdack, K.J.; Redden, K.; Alexander, S.; Perry, C.; Hunter, H.; Jacobis, C.; Hunter, D.; Roland, V. [5514] Guyana K002774072 Yes
Maas, P.J.M.; Westra, L.Y.T. [3742] Guyana K002774046 Yes
Spruce [1266] Guyana K002774094 Yes
Pennell, F. [3642] Colombia K002412182 Yes
Maas, P.J.M.; Koek-Noorman, J.; Lall, H.; ter Welle, B.J.H; Westra, L.Y.T. [7344] Guyana K002774049 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Feuillet, C. [24796] French Guiana K002774109 Yes
Hoch [s.n.] French Guiana K002774104 Yes
Britton, N.L.; Britton, E.G.; Hazen, T.E. [81] Trinidad and Tobago K002773503 Yes
Richardson, W.D. [512] Trinidad and Tobago K002773502 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Colombia K002412181 Yes
Burdin [s.n.] Colombia K002412180 Yes
Martyn [83] Guyana K002774056 Yes
Lundell, C.L. [4713] Belize K002773236 Yes
Smith, S.G.; Idrobo, J.M. [1405] Colombia K002412183 Yes
Grisebach [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago K002773506 Yes
Philcox, D.; Gillies, C. [8282] Trinidad and Tobago K002773513 Yes
Boiteau [s.n.] K002774057 No
Lasser, T. [1903] Venezuela K002412171 Yes
Lazier, J. [10-7 et 8(6)] Belize K002773240 Yes
Gentle, P.H. [3707] Belize K002773239 Yes
Broadway, W.E. [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago K002773504 Yes
Redden, K.M.; Wurdack, K.J.; Perry, C.; Zimmerman, E.; Hunter, D. [6428] Guyana K002774088 Yes
Maguire, B.; Maguire, C.K.; Wilson-Browne, G. [46203A] Guyana K002774066 Yes
Jenman, G.S. [935] Guyana K002774098 Yes
Philcox, D.; Ramcharan, E. [8164] Trinidad and Tobago K002773512 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [4993] Colombia K002412185 Yes
Bunting, G.S.; Juan de Dios Holmquis [4645] Venezuela K002412172 Yes
[J. Nayn] [470] Panama K002412164 Yes
Schipp, W.A. [910] Belize K002773237 Yes
Lanjouw, J.; Lindeman, J.C. [115] K002774107 Yes
[Lochlant] [s.n.] Venezuela K002412169 Yes
Hoch [s.n.] French Guiana K002774103 Yes
Maguire, B.; Maguire, C.K.; Wilson-Browne, G. [46112A] Guyana K002774052 Yes
Maguire, B.; Stahel, G. [23669] Suriname K002774070 Yes
Clarke, H.D.; Perry, C.; Tripp, E.A.; Stern, S.; Gittens, D. [12361] Guyana K002774078 Yes
Davis, D.H. [1999] Guyana K002774063 Yes
Lanjouw, J.; Lindeman, J.C. [3033] K002774105 Yes
Ratter, J.A.; Bisset, H.A.; Bridgewater, S.G.M. [R6624] Belize K002773241 Yes
Raynal, R.A. [15512] Trinidad and Tobago K002773508 Yes
Jenman, G.S. [1254] Guyana K002774085 Yes
Anderson, C.W. [565A] Guyana K002774082 Yes
Nozawa, S.; Castillo-Suárez, A.; Ramia, M. [236] Venezuela K002412167 Yes
Gonggrijp, J.W. [s.n.] Suriname K002774112 Yes
Julian, A.; Steyermark, A.; Dunsterville, E. [112333] Venezuela K002412173 Yes
Huber, O. [4169] Venezuela K002412176 Yes
Maas, P.J.M.; Mennega, E.A.; ter Welle, B.J.H. Groen, H.J. [5504] Guyana K002774050 Yes
Seeman [142] Panama K002412165 Yes
Pulle, A. [49] K002774108 Yes
Tillett, S.S. [s.n.] Venezuela K002412174 Yes
Peck, M.E. [700] Belize K002773235 Yes
Lehmann [8837] Colombia K002412184 Yes
Davis, D.H. [747] Guyana K002774081 Yes
Jenman, G.S. [6138] Guyana K002774093 Yes
Maguire, B.; Schulz, J.P.; Soderstrom, T.R.; Holmgren, N. [53959] Suriname K002774111 Yes
Knapp, S.D.; Mallet, J.; Bailey Hortorium Herbarium, L.H. [6724] Venezuela K002412179 Yes
Davidse, G.; Huber, O.; Tillett, S.S. [16908] Venezuela K002412178 Yes
Cook, C.D.K. [118] Guyana K002774083 Yes
Lanjouw, J.; Lindeman, J.C. [1614] K002774106 Yes
Maguire, B.; Fanshawe, D.B. [32162] Guyana K002774044 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guyana K002774074 Yes
Schomburgk [615] Guyana K002774099 Yes
Harrison, S.G. [668] Guyana K002774064 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Feuillet, C. [24796] French Guiana K002774076 Yes
Peck, M.E. [77] Belize K002773234 Yes
Lazier, J. [10-6(34)] Belize K002773232 Yes
Redden, K.M.; Wurdack, K.J.; Perry, C.; Zimmerman, E. [6409] Guyana K002774071 Yes
Harrison, S.G. [1383] Guyana K002774062 Yes
Herbarium [s.n.] Guyana K002774095 Yes
Jenman, G.S. [7476] Guyana K002774086 Yes
Wurdack, K.J.; Redden, K.; Perry, C.; Zimmerman, E.; Hunter, D. [4839] Guyana K002774089 Yes
Maguire, B. [24224] Suriname K002774114 Yes
Carrick, J. [945] Trinidad and Tobago K002773510 Yes
Maas, P.J.M.; Westra, L.Y.T. [4034] Guyana K002774048 Yes
Poiteau [s.n.] K002774059 Yes
[Stockmans] [s.n.] Suriname K002774115 Yes
Huber, O. [561] Venezuela K002412177 Yes
Graham, V. [107] Guyana K002774051 Yes
Innes, R.R. [RRI 53] Belize K002773238 Yes
Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; Nic Lauhadha, E.M.; ter Welle, B.J.H.; Gopaul, D. [1399] Guyana K002774043 Yes
Hunter, A.A.; Allen, P.H. [39] Panama K002412166 Yes
Ortiz, R.; Ramia, M. [2331] Venezuela K002412168 Yes
Jenman, G.S. [1895] Guyana K002774084 Yes
Triana, J. [426] Colombia Rhynchospora globosa K002412223 Yes
Huber, O. [1606] Venezuela Rhynchospora globosa K002412218 Yes
Huber, O. [10265] Venezuela Rhynchospora globosa K002412219 Yes
Pearce, R. [s.n.] Colombia Rhynchospora globosa K002412225 Yes
s.coll. [K403] Colombia Rhynchospora globosa K002412226 Yes
Coomes, D. [337] Venezuela Rhynchospora globosa K002412220 Yes
Stergios, B.; Dorr, L.J.; Caracas, R. [20942] Venezuela Rhynchospora globosa K002412217 Yes
Pennell, F.W. [2911] Colombia Rhynchospora globosa K002412222 Yes
Triana, J. [426] Colombia Rhynchospora globosa K002412224 Yes
Zarucchi, J.L.; Barbosa, C. [3609] Colombia Rhynchospora globosa K002412227 Yes
[Pandie]; [A. Marta] [s.n.] Colombia Rhynchospora globosa K002412221 Yes

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