Cyperaceae
Rhynchospora

Rhynchospora robusta (Kunth) Boeckeler

First published in Linnaea 37: 616 (1973)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

French Guiana, Guyana

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Panamá, Paraguay, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Paña-Chocarro, M.C., Espada-Mateos, C., Vera, M., Céspedes, G. & Knapp, S. (2010). Updated checklist of vascular plants of the Mbaracayú Forest Nature Reserve (Reserva Natural del Bosque Mbaracayú), Paraguay. Phytotaxa 12: 1-224.
  • Silva da Silva Filho, P.J., Trevisan, R. & Boldrini, I.I. (2013). Taxonomic novelties in Rhynchospora (Cyperaceae). Phytotaxa 149: 1-11.
  • 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.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 2: 1-694. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. [Cited as Rhynchospora velutina.]

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

  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • 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

  • 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?
Apr 1, 1889 Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000632434 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fonseca, M.L. [2821] Brazil K001180758 Yes
Fiebrig, K. [489] Paraguay K002411667 Yes
Balansa, B. [461] Paraguay K002411665 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [8423] Paraguay K002411663 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [4428] Argentina K002412833 Yes
von Tuerckheim, H. [s.n.] Mexico K002773387 Yes
Bourgeau, E. [2735] K002773385 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [8746] Argentina K002412829 Yes
Bates [s.n.] Mexico K002773388 Yes
Anderson, W.R. [8647] Brazil K001180771 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [23232] Brazil K001180770 Yes
Dombrowski, L. [415] Brazil K001180766 Yes
Guaglianone, E.R.; Tur, N.M.; Guillén, R.; Lirussi, I. [3051] Argentina K002412831 Yes
Schinini, A.; Vanni, R.; Caceres, S. [27735] Paraguay K002411668 Yes
Oliveira, F.C.A.; Fonseca, M.L.; Aparecida da Silva, M.; Cardoso, E. [1143] Brazil K001180756 Yes
Fendler, A. [783] Venezuela K002412430 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [5320] Argentina K002412832 Yes
Harley, R.M. [24941] Brazil K001180752 Yes
Hunt, D.R.; Ferreira Ramos, J. [5810/a] Brazil K001180767 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [35042] Brazil K001180765 Yes
Schinini, A.; Caballero Marmori, G. [27088] Paraguay K002411662 Yes
Burkart [14769] Argentina K002412834 Yes
Dombrowski, L. [590] Brazil K001180768 Yes
Hoehne, W. [5794] Brazil K001180772 Yes
Bates, W. [s.n.] Mexico K002773386 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [15594] Brazil K001180760 Yes
Hassler, E. [9555] Paraguay K002411666 Yes
Gifford [661] Brazil K001180754 Yes
Widgren [s.n.] Brazil K001180764 Yes
Widgren [11] Brazil K001180763 Yes
Smith, L.B. [9509] Brazil K001180757 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [14148] Dominican Republic K002773676 Yes
Balansa, B. [462] Paraguay K002411669 Yes
Forzza, R.C. [4737] Brazil K001180753 Yes
Dusén, P. [s.n.] Brazil K001180762 Yes
Burkart, A.; Guaglianone, E.R.; Mülgura, N.E.; Ulibarri, E.A. [30752] Argentina K002412828 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [2160] Mexico K002773390 Yes
Gifford, D.R. [G61] Brazil K001180755 Yes
Hatschbach, G. [14731] Brazil K001180769 Yes
Yuncker, T.G.; Dawson, R.F.; Youse, H.R. [6334] Honduras K002773391 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [15588] Brazil K001180759 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [63] Argentina K002412830 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [6596] Paraguay K002411664 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [2160] Mexico K002773389 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [13301] Brazil K001180761 Yes
Bourgeau, M. [2735] Mexico K002773384 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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