Flora of New Jersey Project Ted Gordon May 2011

The Sedge Genus Rhynchospora of New Jersey

Herbaria records indicate the presence of 21 species of Rhynchospora in New Jersey.

Rhynchospora alba (Linnaeus) Vahl, White Beaksedge <*Rhynchospora luquillensis Britton

Rhynchospora capillacea Torrey, Needle Beaksedge <*Rhynchospora capillacea Torrey var. leviseta E.J. Hill ex A. Gray <*Rhynchospora setacea (Muhlenberg) MacMillan 1892, not Vahl 1906 <*Rhynchospora smallii Britton

Rhynchospora capitellata (Michaux) Vahl, Brownish Beaksedge <*Rhynchospora capitellata (Michaux) Vahl var. leptocarpa (Chapman ex Britton) S.F. Blake <*Rhynchospora capitellata (Michaux) Vahl var. minor (Britton) S.F. Blake <*Rhynchospora glomerata (Linnaeus) Vahl var. capitellata (Michaux) Kükenthal <*Rhynchospora glomerata (Linnaeus) Vahl var. minor Britton <*Rhynchospora leptocarpa (Chapman ex Britton) Small

Rhynchospora cephalantha A. Gray var. cephalantha, Common Bunched Beaksedge

Rhynchospora chalarocephala Fernald & Gale, Loose-head Beaksedge

Rhynchospora filifolia A. Gray, Threadleaf Beaksedge <* Rhynchospora fuscoides C. B. Clarke

Rhynchospora fusca (Linnaeus) W. T. Aiton, Brown Beaksedge <*Rhynchospora alba (Linnaeus) Vahl var. fusca (Linnaeus) Vahl

Rhynchospora glomerata (Linnaeus) Vahl, Clustered Beaksedge <*Rhynchospora cymosa Muhlenberg ex Elliott <*Rhynchospora glomerata (Linnaeus) Vahl var. angusta Gale <*Rhynchospora glomerata (Linnaeus) Vahl var. paniculata (A. Gray) Chapman

Rhynchospora gracilenta A. Gray, Slender Beaksedge <*Rhynchospora gracilenta A. Gray var. diversifolia Fernald <*Rhychospora trichophylla Fernald

Rhynchospora grayi Kunth, Gray’s Beaksedge <*Rhynchospora distans Elliott 1916, not (Michaux) Vahl 1805 <*Rhynchospora elliotti A. Gray 1835, not A. Dietrich 1833

Rhynchospora inundata (Oakes) Fernald, Narrow-fruit Horned Beaksedge <*Rhynchospora macrostachya Torrey ex A. Gray var. inundata (Oakes) Fernald

Rhynchospora knieskernii J. Carey, Knieskern's Beaksedge

Rhynchospora macrostachya Torrey ex A. Gray var. macrostachya, Tall Horned Beaksedge

Rhynchospora microcephala (Britton) Britton ex Small, Small-headed Beaksedge <*Rhynchospora cephalantha A. Gray var. microcephala (Britt.) Kükenthal

Rhynchospora nitens (Vahl) A. Gray, Short-beak Beaksedge <*Psilocarya nitens (Vahl) Alph. Wood

Rhynchospora oligantha A. Gray, Feather-bristle Beaksedge

Rhynchospora pallida M.A. Curtis, Pale Beaksedge

Rhynchospora rariflora (Michaux) Elliott, Few-flower Beaksedge <*Schoenus rariflorus Michaux

Rhynchospora recognita (Gale) Kral, Cymose Beaksedge <*Rhynchospora globularis (Chapman) Small var. recognita Gale <*Rhynchospora oblitera Gale <*Dichromena cymosa (Elliott) J.F. Macbride

Rhynchospora scirpoides (Torrey) A. Gray, Long-beak Beaksedge <*Psilocarya scirpoides Torrey

Rhynchospora torreyana A. Gray, Torrey's Beaksedge <*Phaeocephalum torreyanum (A. Gray) House