Cyperaceae taxon details
Rhynchospora grayi Kunth
1679611 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1679611)
accepted
Species
Phaeocephalum grayi (Kunth) House · unaccepted
Rhynchospora distans Elliott · unaccepted
Rhynchospora elliottii A.Gray · unaccepted
Rhynchospora suberostris Boeckeler · unaccepted
Schoenus distans Muhl. · unaccepted
Schoenus fuscus Muhl. · unaccepted
- Variety Rhynchospora grayi var. culixa (Gale) Kük. accepted as Rhynchospora harveyi var. culixa (Gale) Kral
- Variety Rhynchospora grayi var. harveyi (W.Boott) Kük. accepted as Rhynchospora harveyi W.Boott
terrestrial
Kunth, C. S. (1837). Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum, Secundum Familias Naturales Disposita, Adjectis Characteribus, Differentiis et Synonymis. Vol 2. Cyperographia synoptica sive enumeratio Cyperacearum omnium hucusque cognitarum. Stuttgart: Germany., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7428301#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 539 [details]
page(s): 539 [details]
Description Plants perennial, cespitose, 10–100 cm; rhizomes absent. Culms erect or excurved, leafy, obscurely trigonous, slender,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Enum. Pl. 2: 539 1837 to Enum. Pl. 2: 539 (1837), information...
Description Plants perennial, cespitose, 10–100 cm; rhizomes absent. Culms erect or excurved, leafy, obscurely trigonous, slender, firm. Leaves shorter than culms; blades spreading to ascending, linear, proximally flat, 2–4 mm wide, apex involute, then trigonous, subulate. Inflorescences: spikelet clusters 1–4, loose to dense, broadly turbinate, lobed or hemispheric; peduncles and branches ascending; leafy bracts exceeding proximal, sometimes distal, clusters. Spikelets light redbrown, ellipsoid or narrowly ovoid, 4–5 mm, apex acute to acuminate; fertile scales broadly ovate, 3.5–4.5 mm, apex acute or acuminate, apiculate. Flowers: perianth bristles mostly 6, reaching from fruit midbody to tubercle tip or beyond, antrorsely barbellate. Fruits 1(–2) per spikelet, 2.5–3 mm; body dark brown, broadly, tumidly obovoid, 2–2.5 × 2–2.5 mm, apically buttressed to tubercle; surfaces finely transversely rugulose or nearly level, with fine transverse rows of pits or low papillae, often appearing nearly smooth; tubercle lowconic, 0.4–0.6 mm, apiculate. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Enum. Pl. 2: 539 1837 to Enum. Pl. 2: 539 (1837), information...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Enum. Pl. 2: 539 1837 to Enum. Pl. 2: 539 (1837), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in The [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Rhynchospora grayi Kunth. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1679611 on 2025-09-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Kunth, C. S. (1837). Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum, Secundum Familias Naturales Disposita, Adjectis Characteribus, Differentiis et Synonymis. Vol 2. Cyperographia synoptica sive enumeratio Cyperacearum omnium hucusque cognitarum. Stuttgart: Germany., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7428301#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 539 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 539 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype NY 00051391, geounit Georgia [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Plants perennial, cespitose, 10–100 cm; rhizomes absent. Culms erect or excurved, leafy, obscurely trigonous, slender, firm. Leaves shorter than culms; blades spreading to ascending, linear, proximally flat, 2–4 mm wide, apex involute, then trigonous, subulate. Inflorescences: spikelet clusters 1–4, loose to dense, broadly turbinate, lobed or hemispheric; peduncles and branches ascending; leafy bracts exceeding proximal, sometimes distal, clusters. Spikelets light redbrown, ellipsoid or narrowly ovoid, 4–5 mm, apex acute to acuminate; fertile scales broadly ovate, 3.5–4.5 mm, apex acute or acuminate, apiculate. Flowers: perianth bristles mostly 6, reaching from fruit midbody to tubercle tip or beyond, antrorsely barbellate. Fruits 1(–2) per spikelet, 2.5–3 mm; body dark brown, broadly, tumidly obovoid, 2–2.5 × 2–2.5 mm, apically buttressed to tubercle; surfaces finely transversely rugulose or nearly level, with fine transverse rows of pits or low papillae, often appearing nearly smooth; tubercle lowconic, 0.4–0.6 mm, apiculate. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Enum. Pl. 2: 539 1837 to Enum. Pl. 2: 539 (1837), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in The [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Rhynchospora suberostris Boeckeler)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (187 publications) (from synonym Schoenus fuscus Muhl.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Schoenus distans Muhl.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications) (from synonym Rhynchospora distans Elliott)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Rhynchospora elliottii A.Gray)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhynchospora elliottii) (from synonym Rhynchospora elliottii A.Gray)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhynchospora grayi)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Phaeocephalum grayi (Kunth) House)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Rhynchospora distans Elliott)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Rhynchospora elliottii A.Gray)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Rhynchospora suberostris Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Schoenus distans Muhl.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Schoenus fuscus Muhl.)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Rhynchospora_elliottii_NY51390_type_1) (from synonym Rhynchospora elliottii A.Gray)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Rhynchospora_elliottii_NY51393_type_1) (from synonym Rhynchospora elliottii A.Gray)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Rhynchospora_elliottii_NY51394_type_1) (from synonym Rhynchospora elliottii A.Gray)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Rhynchospora_grayi_NY51391_type_1)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Phaeocephalum grayi (Kunth) House)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Rhynchospora distans Elliott)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Rhynchospora suberostris Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Rhynchospora elliottii A.Gray)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Schoenus fuscus Muhl.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Schoenus distans Muhl.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (187 publications) (from synonym Schoenus fuscus Muhl.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Schoenus distans Muhl.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications) (from synonym Rhynchospora distans Elliott)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Rhynchospora elliottii A.Gray)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhynchospora elliottii) (from synonym Rhynchospora elliottii A.Gray)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhynchospora grayi)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Phaeocephalum grayi (Kunth) House)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Rhynchospora distans Elliott)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Rhynchospora elliottii A.Gray)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Rhynchospora suberostris Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Schoenus distans Muhl.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Schoenus fuscus Muhl.)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Rhynchospora_elliottii_NY51390_type_1) (from synonym Rhynchospora elliottii A.Gray)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Rhynchospora_elliottii_NY51393_type_1) (from synonym Rhynchospora elliottii A.Gray)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Rhynchospora_elliottii_NY51394_type_1) (from synonym Rhynchospora elliottii A.Gray)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Rhynchospora_grayi_NY51391_type_1)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Phaeocephalum grayi (Kunth) House)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Rhynchospora distans Elliott)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Rhynchospora suberostris Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Rhynchospora elliottii A.Gray)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Schoenus fuscus Muhl.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Schoenus distans Muhl.)
