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Wight's beak-sedge

Rhynchospora wightiana (Nees) Steud.

Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Rhynchospora

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Wight's beak-sedge: Cyperaceae (cyperus or sedge family) » Rhynchospora wightiana RIN-koh-SPOR-uh -- from the Greek rhynchus (beak) and spora (seed) WIGHT-ee-AY-na -- named for Rob
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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Wight's beak-sedge

Synonyms

  • Haplostylis wightianus Nees
  • Rhynchospora discolor Hochst. ex Steud.

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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). About our plant data.