Rhynchospora recognita(Gale) Kral

globe beaksedge

WFO wfo-0000520220 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Rhynchospora recognita, photographed by John Michael
fig. a John Michael, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-07-25 / obs. 146228026
Rhynchospora recognita, photographed by Jay Horn
fig. b Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 38197919
Rhynchospora recognita, photographed by Jay Horn
fig. c Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199515722
Rhynchospora recognita, photographed by Jay Horn
fig. d Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 188644579
Rhynchospora recognita, photographed by Will McFarland
fig. e Will McFarland, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 171524415
Rhynchospora recognita, photographed by Jay Horn
fig. f Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 155023335
Rhynchospora recognita, photographed by John Michael
fig. g John Michael, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 143831826
Rhynchospora recognita, photographed by jrrigby
fig. h jrrigby, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 78124030

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Native range 37 botanical countries

Regions where Rhynchospora recognita is native: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mexico Southeast, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Belize, Cuba, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Windward Is. AlabamaArkansasCaliforniaFloridaGeorgiaIllinoisIndianaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMarylandMexico SoutheastMichiganMississippiMissouriNew JerseyNew YorkNorth CarolinaOhioOklahomaPennsylvaniaSouth CarolinaTennesseeTexasVirginiaWest VirginiaBelizeCubaGuatemalaHaitiHondurasJamaicaNicaraguaPuerto Rico DelawareDistrict of ColumbiaWindward Is.
Native distribution of Rhynchospora recognita, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Alabama ALA NORTHERN AMERICA
Arkansas ARK
California CAL
Delaware DEL
District of Columbia WDC
Florida FLA
Georgia GEO
Illinois ILL
Indiana INI
Kansas KAN
Kentucky KTY
Louisiana LOU
Maryland MRY
Mexico Southeast MXT
Michigan MIC
Mississippi MSI
Missouri MSO
New Jersey NWJ
New York NWY
North Carolina NCA
Ohio OHI
Oklahoma OKL
Pennsylvania PEN
South Carolina SCA
Tennessee TEN
Texas TEX
Virginia VRG
West Virginia WVA
Belize BLZ SOUTHERN AMERICA
Cuba CUB
Guatemala GUA
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Nicaragua NIC
Puerto Rico PUE
Windward Is. WIN

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 3 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.

  • Rhynchospora filiformis Sieber ex C.Presl
  • Rhynchospora globularis var. recognita Gale
  • Schoenus cymosus Muhl.

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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