Cyperaceae
Rhynchospora

Rhynchospora emaciata (Nees) Boeckeler

First published in Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 31: 149 (1869 publ. 1870)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Trinidad to Central & S. Tropical America. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guyana, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.
  • 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.
  • de Moura Júnior, E.G. & al. (2015). Updated checklist of aquatic macrophytes from Northern Brazil. Acta Amazonica 45: 111-132.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • 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. [Cited as Rhynchospora tenuis.]

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

  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 2003 Harley, R.M.; Renvoize, S.A.; Erskine, C.M.; Brighton, C.A.; Pinheiro, R. [15412] Brazil K000189469 Yes
Nov 1, 2003 Irwin, H.S.; Harley, R.M.; Smith, G.L. [30924] Brazil K000189449 Yes
Nov 1, 2003 Harley, R.M.; Giulietti, A.M.; Pirani, J.R.; Stannard, B.L.; Cordeiro, I.; Kameyama, C. [24126] Brazil K000189456 Yes
Nov 1, 2003 Sano, P.T.; Sakuragui, C.M.; Harley, R.M.; Souza, V.C. [14862] Brazil K000189459 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Carvalho, A.M.; Lewis, G.P.; Hage, J.L. [1026] Brazil K000189428 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Mori, S.A.; Benton, F. [13517] Brazil K000189427 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Davidse, G.; Ramamoorthy, T.P.; Vital, D.M. [12103] Brazil K000189425 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Harley, R.M.; Renvoize, S.A.; Erskine, C.M.; Brighton, C.A.; Pinheiro, R. [15950] Brazil K000189426 Yes
Apr 1, 1999 Roque, N.; Sakuragui, C.M.; Harley, R.M.; Souza, V.C.; Sano, P.T. [14884] Brazil K000189458 Yes
Thurn, E.F.I. [341] Guyana K002411710 Yes
Jenman [6141] Guyana K002411709 Yes
Duarte, A.P. [3478] Brazil K001574917 Yes
Beck, S.G.; Haase, R. [10030] Bolivia K002412561 Yes
Kvist, L.P.; Londoño, X.; Steele, O.C.; Tiwari, S. [53] Guyana K002411711 Yes
Beck, S.G. [13158] Bolivia K002412562 Yes
Beck, S.G. [13204] Bolivia K002412560 Yes
Steyermark, J.A. [89844] Venezuela Rhynchospora leptostachya K002412566 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [7699] Paraguay Rhynchospora tenuis var. emaciata K002411713 Yes
Schinini, A.; Vanni, R. [26158] Argentina Rhynchospora tenuis var. emaciata K002412848 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [8745] Argentina Rhynchospora tenuis var. emaciata K002412847 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [5406] Argentina Rhynchospora tenuis var. emaciata K002412846 Yes
{Julian, A.; Steyermark y G. C. K.; Dunsterville, E.} [112344] Venezuela Rhynchospora tenuis var. emaciata K002412473 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

    • '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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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