Cyperaceae
Matamat
Rhynchospora corymbosa
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Rhynchospora
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 三俭草, 三儉草, 伞房刺子莞
- English
- Matamat
Synonyms
- Calyptrostylis articulata (Roxb.) Nees
- Calyptrostylis asperula var. minor Nees
- Calyptrostylis divergens Nees
- Calyptrostylis fascicularis Nees
- Calyptrostylis florida (Rudge) Nees
- Calyptrostylis gaudichaudii Nees
- Calyptrostylis rudgei Nees
- Cephaloschoenus articulatus (Roxb.) Nees
- Cephaloschoenus divergens Nees
- Chaetospora aurea Kunth
- Dichromena corymbosa (L.) J.F.Macbr.
- Rhynchospora articulata (Roxb.) Schult.
- Rhynchospora aurea Vahl
- Rhynchospora aurea f. florida (Rudge) Lindm.
- Rhynchospora corymbifera Nees
- Rhynchospora corymbosa f. angustirostris Barros
- Rhynchospora corymbosa f. chacoensis M.Barros
- Rhynchospora corymbosa var. angustirostris (Barros) Guagl.
- Rhynchospora corymbosa var. bonariensis Barros ex Cabrera & Dawson
- Rhynchospora corymbosa var. chacoensis (M.Barros) Svenson
- Rhynchospora corymbosa var. corymbosa
- Rhynchospora corymbosa var. florida (Rudge) Kük.
- Rhynchospora corymbosa var. grandispiculosa Kük.
- Rhynchospora corymbosa var. singularis Kük.
- Rhynchospora florida (Rudge) Schult.
- Rhynchospora macrocarpa Boeckeler
- Rhynchospora schraderiana Steud.
- Rhynchospora sclerioides f. saxicola (F.Br.) Kük.
- Rhynchospora sclerioides var. stokesii (F.Br.) Kük.
- Rhynchospora spectabilis Hochst. ex C.Krauss
- Rhynchospora stokesii F.Br.
- Rhynchospora stokesii f. saxicola F.Br.
- Rhynchospora subulirostris Steud.
- Rhynchospora surinamensis (Rottb.) Nees
- Schoenus articulatus Roxb.
- Schoenus corymbosus (L.) Pers.
- Schoenus floridus Rudge
- Schoenus surinamensis Rottb.
- Scirpus bangalorensis B.Heyne ex Wall.
- Scirpus corymbosus L.
and 1 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: Honmingjun, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dr. Alexey Yakovlev, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pangalau, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.