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June 2025

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genus

Rhynchospora Vahl

This genus name was first published in Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 229 (1805)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000033149.

Statistics

Synonyms of Rhynchospora

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Microchaeta Rchb. Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch : 190 (1841) wfo-1000036432
Cleistocalyx Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 151 (1855) wfo-1200034285
Eriochaeta Torr. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 586 (1840) wfo-1200034316
Hygrocharis Nees Fl. Bras. 2(1): 147 (1842) wfo-1200034327
Morisia Nees Edinburgh New Philos. J. 1834(Oct.): 265 (1834) wfo-1200034368
Phaeocephalum Ehrh. Beitr. Naturk. Verw. Wiss. 4: 146 (1789) wfo-1200034373
Pterochaete Arn. ex Boeckeler Linnaea 37: 600 (1873) wfo-1200034377
Ptilochaeta Nees Fl. Bras. (Martius) 2(1): 147, t. 8 (1842) wfo-1200034380
Triodon Rich. Syn. Pl. 1: 60 (1805) wfo-1200034428
Asteroschoenus Nees Fl. Bras. 2(1): 124 (1842) wfo-4000003422
Calyptrolepis Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 151 (1855) wfo-4000006318
Calyptrostylis Nees Linnaea 9(3): 295. wfo-4000006330
Cephaloschoenus Nees Linnaea 9: 295 (1834) wfo-4000007278
Ceratoschoenus Nees Linnaea 9: 296 (1834) wfo-4000007379
Dichroma Ham. Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid. : 15 (1825) wfo-4000011450
Dichromena Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 37 (1803) wfo-4000011453
Diplochaete Nees Linnaea 9: 296 (1834) wfo-4000011961
Echinoschoenus Nees & Meyen Observ. Bot. 1: 116 (1834) wfo-4000012953
Ephippiorhynchium Nees Fl. Bras. 2(1): 134 (1842) wfo-4000013562
Haloschoenus Nees Linnaea 9: 296 (1834) wfo-4000016780
Haplostylis Nees Linnaea 9: 295 (1834) wfo-4000016899
Kleistrocalyx Steud. Flora 33: 229 (1850) wfo-4000020071
Leptoschoenus Nees J. Bot. (Hooker) 2: 393 (1840) wfo-4000021340
Micropapyrus Suess. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 73: 115 (1943) wfo-4000024162
Mitrospora Nees Linnaea 9: 295 (1834) wfo-4000024451
Nemochloa Nees Observ. Bot. 1: 108 (1834) wfo-4000025565
Nomochloa Nees Linnaea 9: 299 (1834) wfo-4000026213
Pachymitra Nees Fl. Bras. 2(1): 115 (1842) wfo-4000027673
Pleurostachys Brongn. Voy. Monde , Phan.: 172 (1833) wfo-4000030369
Psilocarya Torr. Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 359 (1836) wfo-4000031776
Pterotheca C.Presl Symb. Bot. (Pragae) 1: 55 (1831) wfo-4000032045
Ptilosciadium Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 149 (1855) wfo-4000032093
Spermodon P.Beauv. ex T.Lestib. Essai Cypér. : 27 (1819) wfo-4000035941
Sphaeroschoenus Nees Cyperaceae : 45 (1841) wfo-4000035995
Syntrinema H.Pfeiff. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 238 (1925) wfo-4000037340
Trichochaeta Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 155 (1855) wfo-4000038965
Zosterospermon P.Beauv. ex T.Lestib. Essai Cypér. : 28 (1819) wfo-4000041288
Lonchostylis Torr. Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 370 (1886) wfo-4000043743
Astroschoenus Lindl. Veg. Kingd. , ed. 2: 119 (1847) wfo-4100002224

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These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Rhynchospora:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link