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Rhynchospora globosa

Rhynchospora globosa
Photo: D. Zappi, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CC BY 3.0
Family
Cyperaceae (Cyper family)
Grows as
Grass, Perennial
Native range
Trop. America
Climate
wet tropical

About

Rhynchospora globosa, known by the Spanish common name of estrellita de sabana ("savannah starlet"), is a member of the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It is a perennial herb, found throughout the tropics of Central and South America. The variant R. globosa var. tenuifolia is endemic to Cuba.

Other Rhynchospora plants

White beaksedge · Baldwin's beaksedge · Little beaksedge · Rhynchospora biflora · West Indian beaksedge · Anglestem beaksedge · California beaksedge · Needle beaksedge · Brownish beaksedge · Broadfruit horned beaksedge · Bunched beaksedge · Rhynchospora cephalotes

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rhynchospora globosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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