Rhynchospora

Taxobox
name = "Rhynchospora"

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Rhynchospora fascicularis"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Poales
familia = Cyperaceae
genus = "Rhynchospora"
genus_authority = Vahl
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "About 400; see text"

"Rhynchospora" (Beak-sedge or Star-sedge) is a genus of about 400 species of sedges with a cosmopolitan distribution. The most distinctive feature of the genus is the one to ten or more long bracts at the base of the inflorescence, resembling a bird's beak (if one) or a star, whence the common names. The bracts are typically 3-5 cm long, but in "R. nervosa", they can reach 22 cm long.

;Selected species
*"Rhynchospora alba" - White Beak-sedge. Europe.
*"Rhynchospora californica" - California beaked-rush, occurring in Marin and Sonoma County, California
*"Rhynchospora colorata" - White Star Sedge. Southeast North America.
*"Rhynchospora fusca" - Brown Beak-sedge. Europe.
*"Rhynchospora nervosa". Tropical New World.