Rhynchospora megaplumosa
Appearance
Manatee beaksedge | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Cyperaceae |
Genus: | Rhynchospora |
Species: | R. megaplumosa
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Binomial name | |
Rhynchospora megaplumosa E.L.Bridges & S.L.Orzell
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Rhynchospora megaplumosa, the Manatee beaksedge,[1] is a plant species endemic to a small region in central Florida. It is known from only 4 Counties: Polk, Hillsboro, Manatee and Sarasota. It generally grows on sandy soil in pine woodlands.[2][3]
Rhynchospora megaplumosa is a perennial herb up to 90 cm tall, often forming clumps. Culms are round in cross-section. Spikelets are densely crowded together, tapering at both ends, light brown, about 9 mm long, with bristles nearly twice as long as the fruit, sticking out of the spikelet and giving a feathery appearance. [2][4][5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Rhynchospora megaplumosa". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ^ a b Flora of North America v 23 p 218. Rhynchospora megaplumosa
- ^ BONAP (Biota of North America Project) floristic synthesis,Rhynchospora megaplumosa
- ^ Bridges, Edwin L. & Orzell, Steve L. 2000. Lundellia 3: 20–25, f. 1.
- ^ Kral, R. 1996. Supplemental notes on Rhynchospora crinipes and related species in sect. Fuscae (Cyperaceae). Sida 17: 385–411.
- ^ Kükenthal, G. 1949–1951. Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Rhynchosporoideae 18. Rhynchospora Vahl. Botanische Jahrbuch der Systematik 74: 375–509; 75: 90–115, 273–314, 451–497.