[irn: 39480]

  • 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 trichodes C.B.Clarke

  • Discussion

    New name for Rhynchospora hispidida Böckeler, non Grisebach, 1866.

    Schoenus hispidulus Vahl, Enum. Pl. 2: 219. 1806. Type from Guiana.

    Dichromena hispidula (Vahl) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 279. 1837. Based on Schoenus hispidulus Vahl.

    Haloschoenus hispidulus (Vahl) Nees, Fl. Brasil. 2(1): 124. 1842. Based on Schoenus hispidulus Vahl.

    Fimbristylis hirsuta Hochstetter ex Steudel, Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 116. 1855. Type. Hostmann 1127 (P) from Suriname.

    Rhynchospora hispidula (Vahl) Böckeler, Linnaea 37: 604. 1873. Based on Schoenus hispidulus Vahl. Not of Grisebach, 1866.

    Rhynchospora hispidula Böckeler var major Kükenthal, Bot. Jahrb. 75: 179. 1950. Type. Schwacke 205 (B) from Ilha de Marajó, Pará, Brazil.

    Type. From Guiana.

    New to the flora of Venezuela. Although this species has been passing under the name of R. hispidula, the correct name should be R. trichodes, since R. hispidula (Vahl) Böckeler (1873) is invalid because of the earlier homonym of Grisebach (1866).

  • Distribution

    Distribution. Rare in Puerto Rico and northern South America, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, and adjoining northern Brazil.

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