Rhynchospora megaplumosa
| Manatee beaksedge | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Rhynchospora |
| Species: | R. megaplumosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhynchospora megaplumosa E.L.Bridges & S.L.Orzell | |
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
- ↑ "Rhynchospora megaplumosa". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- 1 2 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.
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