Rhynchospora rugosa

Claybank 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. rugosa
Binomial name
	Rhynchospora rugosa; (Vahl) Gale (1944)
Infraspecific taxa
	Rhynchospora rugosa subsp. americana (Guagl.) Govaerts (2007) ; Rhynchospora rugosa subsp. lavarum (Gaudich.) T.Koyama (1989) ; Rhynchospora rugosa f. ponapensis (Hosok.) T.Koyama (1964) ; Rhynchospora rugosa subsp. rugosa (Vahl) Gale (1944) ;
Synonyms
	Synonymy Dichromena glauca J.F.Macbr. (1929) ; Rhynchospora glauca Vahl (1805) ; Schoenus rugosus Vahl (1798) ; Rhynchospora durandiana Boeckeler (1896) ; Rhynchospora ferruginea Roem. & Schult. (1817) ; Rhynchospora laevigata Steud. (1855) ; Rhynchospora pauloensis Boeckeler (1890) ; Rhynchospora ponapensis Hosok. (1935) ; Rhynchospora pungens Liebm. (1850) ; Rhynchospora vicozensis Schult. (1824) ;

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]

References

^ ^a ^b "Rhynchospora rugosa (Vahl) Gale", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 27 December 2022
^ "Rhynchospora rugosa". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
^ "Rhynchospora brownii Roem. & Schult.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 27 December 2022
^ "Rhynchospora rugosa subsp. brownii". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 27 December 2022.

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[POWO_220626-2-1] "Rhynchospora rugosa (Vahl) Gale", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 27 December 2022

[2] "Rhynchospora rugosa". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 27 December 2022.

[POWO_312041-1-3] "Rhynchospora brownii Roem. & Schult.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 27 December 2022

[4] "Rhynchospora rugosa subsp. brownii". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 27 December 2022.

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