Rhynchospora eximia(Nees) Boeckeler

Florida beaksedge

WFO wfo-0000516410 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Rhynchospora eximia, photographed by Jay Horn
fig. a Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-10-10 / obs. 163640670
Rhynchospora eximia, photographed by Scott Ward
fig. b Scott Ward, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 162726971
Rhynchospora eximia, photographed by Scott Ward
fig. c Scott Ward, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 162711318
Rhynchospora eximia, photographed by Jay Horn
fig. d Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 161137304
Rhynchospora eximia, photographed by Jay Horn
fig. e Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 156544090
Rhynchospora eximia, photographed by Jay Horn
fig. f Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 155023284
Rhynchospora eximia, photographed by Scott Ward
fig. g Scott Ward, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 90189155
Rhynchospora eximia, photographed by Jay Horn
fig. h Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 104650742

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Native range 33 botanical countries

Regions where Rhynchospora eximia is native: Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Florida, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Venezuela BeninBurkinaCameroonCentral African RepublicChadGabonGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauIvory CoastMalawiMaliNigeriaSenegalSierra LeoneTanzaniaTogoFloridaMexico GulfMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeBoliviaBrazil NorthColombiaCosta RicaCubaDominican RepublicGuatemalaHondurasNicaraguaPanamáVenezuela
Native distribution of Rhynchospora eximia, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Benin BEN AFRICA
Burkina BKN
Cameroon CMN
Central African Republic CAF
Chad CHA
Gabon GAB
Ghana GHA
Guinea GUI
Guinea-Bissau GNB
Ivory Coast IVO
Malawi MLW
Mali MLI
Nigeria NGA
Senegal SEN
Sierra Leone SIE
Tanzania TAN
Togo TOG
Belize BLZ SOUTHERN AMERICA
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Dominican Republic DOM
Guatemala GUA
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Venezuela VEN
Florida FLA NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 12 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Chaetospora ferruginea Schltdl. & Cham.
  • Dichromena schiedeana Kunth
  • Psilocarya eximia (Nees) D.B.Ward
  • Psilocarya schiedeana (Kunth) Liebm.
  • Rhynchospora elegans Kük.
  • Rhynchospora eximia var. multiflorens Kük.
  • Rhynchospora grosserugosa Kük.
  • Rhynchospora oxycephala C.Wright
  • Rhynchospora psilocaryoides Griseb.
  • Rhynchospora schroederi K.Schum. ex C.B.Clarke
  • Rhynchospora testui var. pleiantha Cherm.
  • Spermodon eximius Nees

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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