Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Rhynchospora harperi
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhynchospora harperi
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Rhynchospora (Cyperaceae) of South Carolina and the Eastern United States (McMillan, 2007)
Rhynchospora harperi
INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Rhynchospora filifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rynchospora harperi
COMMON NAME:
Harper's Beaksedge
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April Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Principal leaf blades narrowly linear, no wider than 2 mm, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Rhynchospora harperi
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhynchospora harperi
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Rhynchospora (Cyperaceae) of South Carolina and the Eastern United States (McMillan, 2007)
Rhynchospora harperi
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Rhynchospora filifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rynchospora harperi
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