Biology:Rhynchospora rugosa

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Short description: Species of plant

Claybank beaksedge
Rhynchospora rugosa.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Rhynchospora
Species:
R. rugosa
Binomial name
Rhynchospora rugosa
(Vahl) Gale (1944)[1]
Infraspecific taxa
  • (Hosok.) T.Koyama (1964) (Guagl.) Govaerts (2007)
  • (Vahl) Gale (1944) Rhynchospora rugosa subsp. lavarum
  • Rhynchospora rugosa subsp. americana (Gaudich.) T.Koyama (1989)
  • Rhynchospora rugosa f. ponapensis Rhynchospora rugosa subsp. rugosa
Synonyms[1]

Rhynchospora rugosa, known by the common name of claybank beaksedge, is a member of the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It is a perennial herb, native to Central and South America.[2]

While Plants of the World Online accepts the African Rhynchospora brownii as an extant species,[3] it is considered to be a subspecies of Rhynchospora rugosa by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.[4]

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