Biology:Rhynchospora rubra

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Short description: Species of plant

Rhynchospora rubra
Rhynchospora rubra.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Rhynchospora
Species:
R. rubra
Binomial name
Rhynchospora rubra
(Lour.) Makino (1903)[1]
Subspecies
  • (Lour.) Makino (1903) J.Raynal (1967)
  • R. rubra subsp. senegalensis R. rubra subsp. africana
  • J.Raynal (1967) R. rubra subsp. rubra
Synonyms[1]

Rhynchospora rubra is a member of the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It found throughout Asia, Australia, and western and southern Africa.[2]

Rhynchospora rubra grows between 25 and 100 centimeters tall.[3] It features a distinctive spherical spikelet at the end of its stem, a trait it shares with Rhynchospora holoschoenoides, but can be distinguished by the absence of spikelets on multiple branches, as R. rubra possesses only a single spikelet on its central stem.[4]

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