[irn: 39470]

  • Authority

    Maguire, Bassett. 1972. The botany of the Guayana Highland--part IX. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 23: 1-832.

  • Family

    Cyperaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Rhynchospora tenerrima Nees ex Spreng.

  • Discussion

    Schoenus setaceus Bergius, Act. Helv. 7: 130. t. 9. 1772. Type from Suriname.

    Spermodon setaceus (Bergius) Nees, Linnaea 9: 296. 1834, comb, nud., emend. Nees, Fl. Brasil. 2(1): 118. t. 8f.l. 1842. Based on Schoenus setaceus Bergius.

    Dichromena setacea (Bergius) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 279. 1837. Based on Schoenus setaceus Bergius.

    Rhynchospora setacea (Bergius) Böckeler, Vidensk. Meddel. Kjøb. [1869] (9-13): 159. 1869. Based on Schoenus setaceus Bergius. Not of Vahl, 1806.

    [Triodon setaceus Richard ex Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 280. 1837. Invalid name published as a synonym.]

    [Schoenus spermodon Schrader ex Nees, FI. Brasil. 2(1): 118. 1842. Invalid name published as a synonym.]

    [Schoenus filiformes Lindley ex Nees, FI. Brasil. 2(1): 118. 1842. Invalid name published as a synonym.]

    Rhynchospora setacea Böckeler forma filicula Kükenthal, Bot. Jahrb. 75(3): 289. 1951. Type. Martius (BR) from Para, “ad latera ripae fluminis Amazonum,” Brazil.

    Type. Sieber 116 (B) from “Nov. Holl.” [an error for West Indies].

  • Distribution

    Distribution. West Indies and South America from Colombia and Venezuela southwards to eastern Bolivia and Brazil. The following specimens have been examined from South America.

    West Indies| South America| Colombia South America| Venezuela South America| Bolivia South America| Brazil South America|