Cyperaceae
Rhynchospora

Rhynchospora contracta (Nees) J.Raynal

First published in Adansonia, n.s., 17: 277 (1978)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America, W. Tropical Africa. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Galápagos, Georgia, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2005). Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 52: 1-415.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Espejo Serna, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1997). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 5: 1-98. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 2: 1-694. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Strong, M.T. (2006). Taxonomy and distribution of Rhynchospora (Cyperaceae) in the Guianas, South America. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 53: 1-225.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Espejo Serna, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1997). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 5: 1-98. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 2003 Luetzelburg, Ph., Von [23705] Brazil K000189344 Yes
May 1, 1987 Noblck, L.R. [2095] Brazil K000189509 Yes
May 1, 1987 Noblck, L.R. [2736] Brazil K000189508 Yes
Feb 1, 1984 Hage, J.L.; Santos, T.S.; Barreto, L.A.S. [1721] Brazil K000189510 Yes
Nov 1, 1982 Gardner, G. [2380] Brazil K000189514 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ekman, E.L. [8643] Cuba K002773688 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cuba K002773685 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H10974] Dominican Republic K002773691 Yes
Sintenis, P. [107] Cuba K002773687 Yes
Smith, H.H.; Smith, G.W. [779] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines K002773705 Yes
Balansa, B. [457] Paraguay K000632426 Unknown Type Material Yes
Van Hermann, H.A. [105] Cuba K002773684 Yes
{Lindsey} [s.n.] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines K002773704 Yes
Ridley, H.N.; Lea; Ramage [138] Brazil K000189512 Yes
[Stayo] [s.n.] Jamaica K002773692 Yes
Townsend, C.C. [91/1] Dominica K002773708 Yes
Sandwith, N.Y. [969] Saint Kitts and Nevis K002773698 Yes
Ridley, H.N.; Lea; Ramage [138] Brazil K000189513 Yes
Wilson, P. [9430] Cuba K002773689 Yes
Riedel, L. [s.n.] Brazil K000189511 Yes
Salzmann, P. [s.n.] Brazil K000189544 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ule, E. [1922] Brazil K000632425 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines K002773703 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Jamaica K002773696 Yes
Adams, C.D. [13970] Trinidad and Tobago K002773707 Yes
Wright, C. [3411] Cuba K002773686 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [2558] Cuba K002773683 Yes
Hahn, L. [484] Martinique K002773701 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H10974] Dominican Republic K002773690 Yes
Sintenis, P. [1211] Puerto Rico K002773697 Yes
Harris, W.H. [12563] Jamaica K002773695 Yes
Vélez, I. [3380] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines K002773706 Yes
Balansa, B. [2333] Paraguay K000632427 Unknown Type Material Yes
Spruce, R. [73] Brazil K000632428 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hahn, L.; Anil [369] Martinique K002773702 Yes
Harris, W.H. [10664] Jamaica K002773693 Yes
Harris, W.H. [12589] Jamaica K002773694 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0