Cyperaceae
Rhynchospora

Rhynchospora ruiziana Boeckeler

First published in Linnaea 37: 641 (1873)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Mexico to W. South America and Guyana. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guyana, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Panamá, Peru, 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.
  • 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.

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

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

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?
s.coll. [s.n.] Colombia K002412397 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] Ecuador K002412406 Yes
Camp, W.H. [E4491] Ecuador K002412407 Yes
Ramsay, P.M.; Merrow-Smith, P.J. [617] Ecuador K002412401 Yes
Ramsay, P.M.; Merrow-Smith, P.J. [1056] Ecuador K002412402 Yes
[C. Jameson] [s.n.] Colombia K002412389 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Colombia K002412388 Yes
Ramsay, P.M.; Merrow-Smith, P.J. [906] Ecuador K002412403 Yes
Laegaard, S. [55108] Ecuador K002412400 Yes
Mandon, G. [1422] Bolivia K002412409 Yes
[Pendre] [s.n.] Colombia K002412390 Yes
Grubb, P.J.; Curry, B.A.B.; Fernández Pérez, A. [389] Colombia K002412394 Yes
Grubb, P.J.; Curry, B.A.B.; Fernández Pérez, A. [353] Colombia K002412393 Yes
Hooker [s.n.] Colombia K002412396 Yes
Hall [s.n.] Ecuador K002412404 Yes
Jameson [s.n.] Colombia K002412387 Yes
s.coll. [350] Colombia K002412391 Yes
Ramsay, P.M.; Merrow-Smith, P.J. [550] Ecuador K002412410 Yes
[Pender] [s.n.] Colombia K002412392 Yes
André, É. [2978] Ecuador K002412405 Yes
Laegaard, S. [51353] Ecuador K002412399 Yes
Triana, J. [[B93]] Colombia K002412395 Yes
Palmer, R. [16] Peru K002412408 Yes
Grubb, P.J.; Curry, B.A.B.; Fernández Pérez, A. [714] Colombia K002412398 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

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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