Cyperaceae
Rhynchospora

Rhynchospora velutina (Kunth) Boeckeler

First published in Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1869: 149 (1869)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical America. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

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.
  • Goodwin, Z.A. & al. (2013). A checklist of the vascular plants of the lowland savannas of Belize, Central America. Phytotaxa 101: 1-119.
  • 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.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Goodwin, Z.A. & al. (2013). A checklist of the vascular plants of the lowland savannas of Belize, Central America. Phytotaxa 101: 1-119.
  • 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?
Jan 1, 1999 Schomburgk [667] Guyana K000307824 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1999 Schomburgk [667] Guyana K000307825 Syntype Yes
Oct 1, 1978 Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J.; Storr, R.M.; Santos, T.S.; Pinheiro, R.S. [20119] Brazil K000189921 Yes
Jan 1, 1891 Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000632429 Type Yes
Apr 1, 1889 Gardner, G. [4395] Brazil K000632431 Type Yes
Apr 1, 1889 Gardner, G. [4395] Brazil K000632432 Isotype Yes
Hassler, E. [8078] Paraguay K002411682 Yes
Munhoz, C. [1717] Brazil K001180796 Yes
Heringer, E.P. [6308] Brazil K001180792 Yes
Jenman, G.S. [6130] Guyana K002411676 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [8596] Paraguay K002411685 Yes
Hatschbach, G. [28481] Brazil K001180784 Yes
Montes, J.E. [3230] Paraguay K002411679 Yes
Mendonça, R.C. [2775] Brazil K001180779 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [5866] Brazil K001180782 Yes
Beck, S.G. [13133] Bolivia K002412433 Yes
Ratter, J.A.; Ramos, J. [246] Brazil K001180785 Yes
Harrison, S.G.; Porsand, R. [1173] Guyana K002411675 Yes
Nakajima, J.N. [962] Brazil K001180787 Yes
Munhoz, C. [1594] Brazil K001180789 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [22359] Brazil K001180794 Yes
Jenman, G.S. [6129] Guyana K002411678 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [4394] Paraguay K002411683 Yes
Ratter, J.A. [5582] Brazil K001180783 Yes
Ratter, J.A. [3742] Brazil K001180788 Yes
Hassler, E. [6394] Paraguay K002411680 Yes
Ratter, J.A. [3009] Brazil K001180790 Yes
Raynal-Roques, A. [19867] French Guiana K002411672 Yes
Jenman [6126] Guyana K002411674 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [14403] Brazil K001180795 Yes
Anderson, W.R. [7200] Brazil K001180781 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [8540] Paraguay K002411686 Yes
Parker (Mrs) [s.n.] Guyana K002411673 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [12996] Brazil K001180780 Yes
Rombouts, H.E. [395A] Suriname K002411671 Yes
Munhoz, C. [2523] Brazil K001180786 Yes
Hassler, E. [8253] Paraguay K002411681 Yes
Tillet, S.; Tillett, C.L.; Boyan, R. [45212] Guyana K002411677 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [8541] Paraguay K002411684 Yes
Riedel [s.n.] Brazil K000632430 Unknown Type Material Yes
Muller, F.; Masner [1366] Mexico K002773396 Yes
Silva, R.R. [180] Brazil K001180791 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [8439] Brazil K001180793 Yes
Lundell, C.L. [3599] Guatemala Rhynchospora rufa K002773397 Yes
Skutch, A.F. [2732] Costa Rica Rhynchospora rufa K002773398 Yes
Wright, C. [s.n.] Cuba Rhynchospora rufa K002773680 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H13246] Dominican Republic Rhynchospora rufa K002773682 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H13246] Dominican Republic Rhynchospora rufa K002773681 Yes
Matuda, E. [3539] Mexico Rhynchospora rufa K002773399 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