Rhynchospora
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{{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}}
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