View source for Rhynchospora compressa

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|accepted_name=Rhynchospora compressa
|accepted_authority=J. Carey ex Chapman
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. South. U.S.,
|place=525. 1860
|year=1860
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Phaeocephalum compressum
|authority=(J. Carey ex Chapman) House
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Rhynchospora cymosa var. compressa
|authority=(J. Carey ex Chapman)C. B. Clarke ex Britton
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Rhynchospora;Rhynchospora compressa
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cyperaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Rhynchospora]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Rhynchospora compressa]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 225
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial, cespitose, 70–100(–150) cm; rhizomes absent. <b>Culms</b> erect to ascending, leafiest at base, triangular, slender, somewhat stiff. <b>Leaves</b> exceeded by culm; basal blades crowded, spreadingexcurved, distal ascending, linear, proximally flat, 3–5 mm wide, apex trigonous, shortsubulate. <b>Inflorescences</b>: spikelet clusters 3–5, compact, the proximalmost widely spaced, turbinate or lobed to hemispheric; leafy bracts setaceous, mostly overtopping clusters. <b>Spikelets</b> redbrown, broadly ovoid, 3–3.5(–4) mm, apex acuminate; fertile scales broadly ovate to ± orbiculate, 2–2.5(–3) mm, apex rounded to notched, midrib included or shortexcurrent. <b>Flowers</b>: perianth bristles 6, reaching from fruit midbody to tubercle, antrorsely barbellate. <b>Fruits</b> 1–2 per spikelet, (2–)2.5–2.8(–3) mm; body brownish, broadly obovoid to nearly orbicular, 1.5–2 × 1.5–2 mm; surfaces strongly transversely wavyrugose, intervals rows of vertical, rectangular alveolae; tubercle conic-subulate, basal rim flaring above short neck on achene.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting spring–fall.
|habitat=Moist sands and peats of pine flatwoods, bog margins, savannas
|elevation=0–100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;S.C.
|discussion=<p><i>Rhynchospora compressa</i> is very closely akin to <i>R. recognita</i> and even coarser; inflorescence clusters are about as bristly and fertile scales blunter than those in <i>R. recognita</i>. It is less inclined to have an excurrent midrib, and the fruit is flatter. Both species often produce sterile spikelets, sometimes comprising an entire inflorescence.</p>
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name=Rhynchospora compressa
|authority=J. Carey ex Chapman
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Phaeocephalum compressum;Rhynchospora cymosa var. compressa
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting spring–fall.
|habitat=Moist sands and peats of pine flatwoods, bog margins, savannas
|elevation=0–100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;S.C.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. South. U.S.,
|publication year=1860
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V23/V23_394.xml
|genus=Rhynchospora
|species=Rhynchospora compressa
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