Rhynchospora holoschoenoides

Fly beaksedge
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Rhynchospora
Species:	R. holoschoenoides
Binomial name
	Rhynchospora holoschoenoides; (Rich.) Herter (1953)
Synonyms
	Synonymy Cephaloschoenus polycephalus Nees (1834) ; Ephippiorhynchium polycephalum (Nees) Nees (1842) ; Rhynchospora polycephala (Nees) Wydler ex Kunth (1837) ; Schoenus holoschoenoides Rich. (1792) ; Cephaloschoenus oligocephalus Hochst. (1845) ; Cephaloschoenus tenuirostris Nees (1834) ; Dichromena cyperoides (Mart.) J.F.Macbr. (1931) ; Ephippiorhynchium tenuirostre Nees (1842) ; Mariscus pilulifer G.Bertol. (1854) ; Rhynchospora arechavaletae Boeckeler (1888) ; Rhynchospora cyperoides Mart. (1824) ; Rhynchospora dolichostyla K.Schum. (1903) ; Rhynchospora globulifera Link (1820) ; Rhynchospora mauritii Steud. (1855) ; Rhynchospora ostenii Kük. (1914) ; Rhynchospora riedeliana Gand. (1919) ; Rhynchospora schoenoides Britton (1892) ; Rhynchospora sparganioides Bojer (1837) ; Rhynchospora sphaerocephala Boeckeler (1888) ; Rhynchospora tenuirostris (Nees) Kunth (1837) ; Rhynchospora triceps (Vahl) Hochst. (1845) ; Rhynchospora urvillei Steud. (1855) ; Schoenus cyperinus J.F.Gmel. (1792) ; Schoenus cyperoides Sw. (1788) ; Schoenus fragifer Rudge (1805) ; Schoenus globulifer (Link) Willd. ex Kunth (1837) ; Schoenus sparganioides Lindl. ex Kunth (1837) ; Schoenus triceps Vahl (1798) ; Scirpus muricatus Poir. (1805) ;

Rhynchospora holoschoenoides, known by the common name of fly beaksedge, is a member of the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It is a perennial herb, found throughout the Caribbean, Central and South America and western and southern Africa.^[3]

Rhynchospora holoschoenoides grows between 40 and 130 centimeters tall in swamps and ponds. It features distinctive spherical spikelets at the ends of its branches, a trait it shares with Rhynchospora rubra subsp. africana, but can be distinguished by the presence of spikelets on multiple branches, whereas R. rubra possesses only a single spikelet on its central stem.^[4]

References

^ Mesterházy, A. (2020). "Rhynchospora holoschoenoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T68150126A68150133. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T68150126A68150133.en. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Rhynchospora holoschoenoides (Rich.) Herter", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 27 December 2022
^ "Rhynchospora holoschoenoides". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
^ "Rhynchospora holoschoenoides", Flora of Tropical East Africa, retrieved 27 December 2022

External links

Media related to Rhynchospora holoschoenoides at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Rhynchospora holoschoenoides at Wikispecies

[1] Mesterházy, A. (2020). "Rhynchospora holoschoenoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T68150126A68150133. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T68150126A68150133.en. Retrieved 7 January 2023.

[POWO_220425-2-2] "Rhynchospora holoschoenoides (Rich.) Herter", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 27 December 2022

[3] "Rhynchospora holoschoenoides". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 27 December 2022.

[4] "Rhynchospora holoschoenoides", Flora of Tropical East Africa, retrieved 27 December 2022

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