| Fly beaksedge | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Rhynchospora |
| Species: | R. holoschoenoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhynchospora holoschoenoides (Rich.) Herter (1953) | |
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Synonymy
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Rhynchospora holoschoenoides, known by the common name of fly beaksedge, is a member of the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It is a perennial herb, found throughout the Caribbean, Central and South America and western and southern Africa.
Rhynchospora holoschoenoides grows between 40 and 130 centimeters tall in swamps and ponds. It features distinctive spherical spikelets at the ends of its branches, a trait it shares with Rhynchospora rubra subsp. africana, but can be distinguished by the presence of spikelets on multiple branches, whereas R. rubra possesses only a single spikelet on its central stem.
References
- Mesterházy, A. (2020). "Rhynchospora holoschoenoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T68150126A68150133. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T68150126A68150133.en. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ "Rhynchospora holoschoenoides (Rich.) Herter", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 27 December 2022
- "Rhynchospora holoschoenoides". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- "Rhynchospora holoschoenoides", Flora of Tropical East Africa, retrieved 27 December 2022
External links
Media related to Rhynchospora holoschoenoides at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Rhynchospora holoschoenoides at Wikispecies
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Rhynchospora holoschoenoides |
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| Schoenus holoschoenoides | |
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