Rhynchospora 2110357 196840883 2008-03-08T20:10:09Z Eubot 231599 Removed taxobox colour. See [[User:Eubot/Removing colours from taxoboxen]]. {{Taxobox | name = ''Rhynchospora'' | image = Rhynchospora fascicularis.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = ''[[Rhynchospora fascicularis]]'' | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Liliopsida]] | ordo = [[Poales]] | familia = [[Cyperaceae]] | genus = '''''Rhynchospora''''' | genus_authority = [[Martin Vahl|Vahl]] | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''About 400; see text'' }} '''''Rhynchospora''''' ('''Beak-sedge''' or '''Star-sedge''') is a genus of about 400 species of [[Cyperaceae|sedges]] with a [[cosmopolitan distribution]]. The most distinctive feature of the genus is the one to ten or more long [[bract]]s at the base of the inflorescence, resembling a [[bird]]'s [[beak]] (if one) or a star, whence the common names. The bracts are typically 3-5 cm long, but in ''R. nervosa'', they can reach 22 cm long. ;Selected species *''[[Rhynchospora alba]]'' - White Beak-sedge. [[Europe]]. *''[[Rhynchospora californica]]'' - California beaked-rush, occurring in [[Marin County|Marin]] and [[Sonoma County, California]] *''[[Rhynchospora colorata]]'' - White Star Sedge. Southeast [[North America]]. *''[[Rhynchospora fusca]]'' - Brown Beak-sedge. [[Europe]]. *''[[Rhynchospora nervosa]]''. Tropical [[New World]]. [[Category:Cyperaceae]] {{Poales-stub}} [[cs:Hrotnosemenka]] [[de:Schnabelriede]] [[es:Rhynchospora]] [[ja:ミカヅキグサ属]] [[pl:Przygiełka]] [[pt:Rhynchospora]]