Characteristics
Monocots
Rhynchospora plumosa Elliott
PLUMED BEAKSEDGE
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Native FACW (NWPL) FACW (DEP)
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Classification
POALES
Rhynchospora plumosa Elliott - PLUMED BEAKSEDGE
Citation
RHYNCHOSPORA PLUMOSA Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 58. 1816.
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GEORGIA: Camden Co.: Near St. Marys, s.d., Baldwin s.n. (lectotype: PH; isolectotype: NY). Lectotypified by M. T. Strong & Acevedo-Rodríguez, in Acevedo-Rodríguez & M. T. Strong, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 52: 354. 2005.
Species Distribution Map

Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.

Source
County
Herbaria
Literature Citation (If Applicable)
Alachua
USF
 
Baker
USF
 
Bay
USF
 
Bradford
USF
 
Brevard
USF
 
Calhoun
FLAS
 
Charlotte
USF
 
Citrus
USF
 
Clay
USF
 
Collier
USF
 
Synonyms
Synonym
Full Citation
Basionym
Type
Phaeocephalum plumosum
Phaeocephalum plumosum (Elliott) House, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 6: 202. 1920.
BASIONYM: Rhynchospora plumosa Elliott 1816.
 
Rhynchospora penniseta
Rhynchospora penniseta Grisebach, Cat. Pl. Cub. 244. 1866.
 
TYPE: CUBA: Without data, Wright 3398 (holotype: ?; isotype: NY).
Rhynchospora plumosa var. interrupta
Rhynchospora plumosa Elliott, var. interrupta Kükenthal, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 74: 508. 1949.
 
TYPE: FLORIDA: Duval Co.: Jacksonville, May 1894, Curtiss 4867 (holotype: B?).
Rhynchospora plumosa var. semiplumosa
Rhynchospora plumosa Elliott, var. semiplumosa (A. Gray) A. W. Wood, Class- Book Bot., ed. 1861. 743. 1861.
BASIONYM: Rhynchospora semiplumosa A. Gray 1836.
 
Rhynchospora semiplumosa
Rhynchospora semiplumosa A. Gray, Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 213. 1836.
 
TYPE: LOUISIANA: Orleans Par.: New Orleans, 1834, Ingalls s.n. (holotype: NY?).
Specimens and Distribution

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Plant Photos
Rhynchospora plumosa - 98
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Rhynchospora plumosa - 98
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Rhynchospora plumosa - 147
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