Rhynchospora wrightiana

Boeckeler

Flora 64: 78. 1881.

Illustrated
Basionym: Rhynchospora gracillima C. Wright in F. A. Sauvalle, Fl. Cub., 181. 1871,
Synonyms: Rhynchospora distans var. gracillima Kükenthal Rhynchospora distans var. tenuis Britton
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 236. Mentioned on page 206, 235, 237.
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Plants perennial, cespitose, 10–50 cm; rhizomes absent. Culms slender, ± filiform, leafy, terete to bluntly trigonous. Leaves shorter than culm; blades spreading to ascending, ± filiform, proximally flat, 0.5–1 (–1.5) mm, apex tapering, trigonous. Inflorescences: spikelet clusters 1–3, loose to dense, widely spaced to close together, turbinate to hemispheric; leafy bracts setaceous, mostly exceeding spikelet clusters. Spikelets dark redbrown, lanceovoid, 2.5–3.5 (–4) mm, apex acute; fertile scales ovate, 2–3.5 mm, apex acute or acuminate, rarely minutely awned. Flowers: bristles 6, of various length, mostly extending from fruit midbody to tubercle base, antrorsely barbellate. Fruits 1–2 per spikelet, (2–) 2–2.5 mm; body brown with pale center, lenticular, broadly ellipsoid, 1.5–1.7 × 1.2–1.3 mm, surfaces nearly smooth or very finely cancellate; tubercle flat, triangular with short-oblong, blunttipped nose, or triangularsubulate, 0.5–0.8 mm.


Phenology: Fruiting late spring–fall or all year (south).
Habitat: Sands and peats in flatwoods, pine savannas, pond and stream banks, bogs, and seeps
Elevation: 0–200 m

Distribution

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Ala., Fla., Ga., Miss., N.C., S.C., Va., West Indies, Central America

Discussion

The morphologic boundary between Rhynchospora wrightiana and R. fascicularis (particularly morphs of R. fascicularis referred to R. fascicularis var. distans) is difficult, as recent annotations of the material testify. It is best to consider R. wrightiana as a lower, distinctly filiformleaved entity with darker brown, shorter spikelets and shorter fruit. Kükenthal’s concept of R. wrightiana appears to include a considerable amount of R. fascicularis var. distans.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Rhynchospora wrightiana"
acuminate;acute;acute;trigonous;tapering +
Robert Kral +
Boeckeler +
2-lobed +  and lunate +
Rhynchospora gracillima +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
scabridulous +  and scabrid +
filiform +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (?) +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br />) +
warty +, papillate +, alveolate +  and pitted +
ellipsoid +  and lenticular +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br />) +
ascending +  and appressed +
setaceous +
parallel +  and divergent +
terete +, rolled +  and plicate +
terete +  and bluntly trigonous +
slender +
Ala. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Miss. +, N.C. +, S.C. +, Va. +, West Indies +  and Central America +
0–200 m +
distalmost +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
biconvex +  and trigonous +
Sands and peats in flatwoods, pine savannas, pond and stream banks, bogs, and seeps +
racemose +, corymbose +  and paniculate +
erect +, rarely +  and spreading +
3-ranked +  and polystichous +
cauline +  and basal +
keeled;terete;keeled;terete +
revolute +  and involute +
decurrent +
short-oblong +
plumed +  and barbed +
deciduous +  and persistent +
shorter or longer +
of 2-12(-20) bristles +
Fruiting late spring–fall or all year (south). +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
3 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
adventitious +
basal +  and proximal +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
cylindric +
Illustrated +
widely spaced +  and close +
dark redbrown +
lanceovoid;turbinate;hemispheric +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
2 +  and 3 +
septate +, hollow +  and solid +
compressed +, terete +  and trigonous +
papillate +
cleft +, 2-fid +  and undivided +
Rhynchospora distans var. gracillima +  and Rhynchospora distans var. tenuis +
Rhynchospora wrightiana +
Rhynchospora +
species +
sulcate +  and 2-edged +
triangular +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
plant +  and cespitose +