Cyperaceae
Rhynchospora
Rhynchospora tenerrima

Rhynchospora tenerrima subsp. tenerrima

This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is S. Mexico to Tropical America. It is an annual or perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

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.

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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Ryves, T.B.; Clement, E.J. [94TR/233] Trinidad and Tobago Rhynchospora setacea K002773726 Yes
Harris, W.H. [12232] Jamaica Rhynchospora setacea K002773735 Yes
Wright, C. [1531] Cuba Rhynchospora setacea K002773727 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [[3106]] Cuba Rhynchospora setacea K002773728 Yes
[Pendie] [s.n.] Jamaica Rhynchospora setacea K002773736 Yes
Allard, H.A. [15809] Dominican Republic Rhynchospora setacea K002773730 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [[H 5260]] Haiti Rhynchospora setacea K002773731 Yes
Wright, C. [3407] Cuba Rhynchospora setacea K002773729 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Puerto Rico Rhynchospora setacea K001738846 Yes
Sintenis, P. [[5292]] Puerto Rico Rhynchospora setacea K002773737 Yes
Heller, A.A. [[599]] Puerto Rico Rhynchospora setacea K002773739 Yes
Husnot, T. [s.n.] Rhynchospora setacea K002773740 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [[H 15912]] Dominican Republic Rhynchospora setacea K002773732 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [[H 11075]] Dominican Republic Rhynchospora setacea K002773733 Yes
Sintenis, P. [846] Puerto Rico Rhynchospora setacea K002773738 Yes
Harris, W.H. [12849] Jamaica Rhynchospora setacea K002773734 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H 13334] Dominican Republic Scleria setacea K002789527 Yes
Asplund, E. [s.n.] Ecuador Scleria setacea K002789999 Yes
Bruderreck, B. [241] Bolivia Scleria setacea K002410002 Yes
Asplund, E. [s.n.] Ecuador Scleria setacea K002790000 Yes
Brant, A.E.; Roldan, F.J. [1526] Colombia Scleria setacea K002410001 Yes
van Donselaar, J. [3675] Suriname Scleria setacea K002789787 Yes
Maas, P.J.M.; Koek-Noorman, J.; Lall, H.; ter Welle, B.J.H; Westra, L.Y.T. [7712] Guyana Scleria setacea K002789785 Yes
Maas, P.J.M.; Westra, L.Y.T. [4033] Guyana Scleria setacea K002789784 Yes
Maas, P.J.M.; Koek-Noorman, J.; Lall, H.; ter Welle, B.J.H; Westra, L.Y.T. [7362] Guyana Scleria setacea K002789786 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H 4845] Dominican Republic Scleria setacea K002789526 Yes

Sources

  • 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