Rhynchospora cephalotes Vahl

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Rhynchospora

Characteristics

Rhizomes coarse; culms usually 1 m. high, leafy; leaves long, flat, 4-12 mm. wide, scabrous on the margin; spikelets greenish or pale brown, numerous in a dense ovoid head 2-4 cm. long; bracts large and leaf-like; spikelets about 7 mm. long; achene 1.5 mm. long, nearly orbicular, light brown, reticulate; bristles 6, equaling the achene, the beak longer than the body.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Rhynchospora cephalotes leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:312067-1
WFO ID wfo-0000514794
COL ID 4SSY3
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 731824
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Synonyms

Scleria fasciculata Rhynchospora conica Schoenus cephalotes Dichromena schoenus Rhynchospora cephalotes Scirpus cephalotes Rhynchospora cephalotes var. cephalotes