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Fly beaksedge
Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Sedges

Fly beaksedge

Rhynchospora holoschoenoides (Rich.) Herter

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishFly beaksedge
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Scientific nameRhynchospora holoschoenoides (Rich.) Herter

About this species

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.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderPoales
FamilyCyperaceae
GenusRhynchospora

In Suriname

70Records in Suriname
2iNaturalist observations
1838First record
2025Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini12
  • Brokopondo8
  • Para3
  • Nickerie1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

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