Rhynchospora rappiana Small

  • Filed As

    Cyperaceae
    Rhynchospora rappiana Small ( holotype )

  • Collector(s)

    S. Rapp, 11/10-1926

  • Location

    United States of America. Florida. E peninsula Fla. On road between Deland and New Smyrna.

  • Habitat

    Low pinelands.

  • Description

    Similar to R. pallida in habit, but stouter and with broader leaf-blades; spikelets rather numerous, borne in a single terminal cluster, fusiform, chestnut-colored, 5-6 mm long, scales abruptly short-pointed, mostly 3-4 mm long; perianth-bristles very short or wanting; achene suborbicular or oval-orbicular, about 2 mm long, pale, minutely pitted, the tubercle prominent, somawhat deppresed. Phenology of specimen: Fertile.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 51425

    Occurrence ID: a520906e-ae8b-4960-90a4-9d27eceb3195

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  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    United States of America

  • State/Province

    Florida

  • Locality

    E peninsula Fla. On road between Deland and New Smyrna

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