Rhynchospora barbata Kunth

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Rhynchospora

Characteristics

Plants in small dense tufts, the culms slender, 1-5 dm. high; leaves basal, pilose, usually much shorter than the culms, 1-2 mm. wide; heads globose, about 1 cm. in diameter, brownish, subtended by about 4 short bracts; achene obovoid, black, 1-1.5 mm. long, with a broad membranous silvery wing 2 mm. broad with involute margins; bristles 4-5, equaling or exceeding the achene.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Images

Habit

Rhynchospora barbata habit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Fruit

Rhynchospora barbata fruit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

Rhynchospora barbata world distribution map, present in Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Nicaragua, Panama, Suriname, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:312024-1
WFO ID wfo-0000514094
COL ID 4SSW4
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 731821
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Synonyms

Chaetospora pterocarpa Dichromena barbata Diplochaete guianensis Rhynchospora barbata Rhynchospora hamiltonii Isoschoenus barbatus Eleocharis macrostylis Haplostylis humboldtii Rhynchospora bahiensis Rhynchospora ciliatifolia Rhynchospora globosa Rhynchospora heterocaulis Schoenus monocephalus Schoenus pterocarpus Scirpus macrostylis Chaetospora pterosperma Chaetospora pterosperma Rhynchospora pterocarpa Schoenus barbatus Schoenus globosus Haplostylis bahiensis Haplostylis barbata Pterotheca vahlii Rhynchospora macrostylis Schoenus hemisphaericus Haplostylis barbata var. humboldtii Rhynchospora barbata var. bahiensis Rhynchospora barbata var. glabra Rhynchospora heterocaulis var. heterolepis