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Taxon:
Rhynchospora ciliata
(G. Mey.) Kük.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Rhynchospora
Family:
Cyperaceae
Subfamily:
Cyperoideae
Tribe:
Rhynchosporeae
Nomen number:
459098
Place of publication:
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 56(Beibl. 125):16. 1921
Verified:
04/20/2009
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Schoenus ciliatus
G. Mey.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Dichromena ciliata
Vahl
Rhynchospora nervosa
Boeck. subsp.
ciliata
(G. Mey.) T. Koyama
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Reference(s)
Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong.
2005. Monocotyledons and gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 52:337.
CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland.
Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
Note:
=
Dichromena ciliata
Funk, V. et al.
2007. Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55:1-584.
Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds.
1995-. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana.
Note:
lists as
Rhynchospora ciliata
(Vahl) Kük.; =
R. nervosa
subsp.
ciliata
(G. Mey.) T. Koyama
Thomas, W. W.
1984. The systematics of
Rhynchospora
section
Dichromena
. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 37:96.
Note:
lists as
Rhynchospora ciliata
Kük.; =
R. nervosa
subsp.
ciliata
(G. Mey.) T. Koyama
Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds.
1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
Note:
lists as
Rhynchospora ciliata
Kük.; =
R. nervosa
subsp.
ciliata
(G. Mey.) T. Koyama
Common names
English
star sedge –
Reference(s)
star-grass –
Reference(s)
whitetop sedge –
Reference(s)
Spanish
hierba estrella –
Reference(s)
yerba de estrella –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Tabasco
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Yucatán
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Barbados
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Cuba
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Dominica
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Dominican Republic
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Grenada
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Guadeloupe
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Haiti
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Jamaica
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Martinique
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Montserrat
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
St. Kitts and Nevis
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
St. Lucia
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
St. Vincent and Grenadines
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Trinidad and Tobago
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
United States
Puerto Rico
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
United States
Virgin Islands, U.S.
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Belize
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Costa Rica
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
El Salvador
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Guatemala
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Honduras
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Nicaragua
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Panama
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
French Guiana
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Guyana
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Suriname
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Bolivia
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
2
Cultivated
also cult.
Native
Northern America
SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico
[Tabasco, Yucatán]
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
Antigua and Barbuda
,
Barbados
,
Cuba
,
Dominica
,
Dominican Republic
,
Guadeloupe
,
Grenada
,
Haiti
,
Jamaica
,
St. Kitts and Nevis
,
St. Lucia
,
Montserrat
,
Martinique
,
Trinidad and Tobago
,
United States
[Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S.],
St. Vincent and Grenadines
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Belize
,
Costa Rica
,
Guatemala
,
Honduras
,
Nicaragua
,
Panama
,
El Salvador
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana
,
Guyana
,
Suriname
,
Venezuela
BRAZIL:
Brazil
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia
,
Colombia
,
Ecuador
,
Peru
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Weed
as
Dichromena ciliata
CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland.
Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
Note:
four books on weeds worldwide in scope
Name
References