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 .