Rhynchospora rariflora, commonly called fewflower beaksedge, is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family (Cyperaceae). It is native to North America, where it is found in the southeastern United States, Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, and the West Indies. Its typical natural habitat is sandy or peaty areas, in wet savannas, seeps, and bogs. Rhynchospora rariflora is a densely tufted perennial with delicate, lax stems. Its leaves are nearly thread-like. Its inflorescence is loose and sparsely flowered. In the northern area of its range it fruits from late spring to summer, while in the southern area it is reproductive year-round. It is similar to Rhynchospora stenophylla, from which Rhynchospora rariflora can be distinguished by having bristles that are shorter than the achene body, and by its smaller tubercle.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Rhynchospora rariflora has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens3
Marker genes3
GenBank sequences5
eDNA detections2
Countries2
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
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plant barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type589 records
Wild obs. + sensor73
Museum / vouchered516
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO1 760 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy77% within 1 km
≤100 m 49≤1 km 2≤10 km 1>10 km 14
66 georeferenced · 7 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor73
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy42% within 1 km
≤100 m 22≤1 km 45≤10 km 56>10 km 36
159 georeferenced · 357 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence516
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions38 of 54 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Tampa, US
59
Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record
58
Bronx, US
25
Bangkok, TH
23
Austin, US
22
Jackson, US
22
Miami, US
22
BAYLUlocation not on record
21
Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record
19
US
16
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
16
Columbia, US
16
San Angelo, US
16
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
15
Knoxville, US
14
Ann Arbor, US
12
Saint Louis, US
11
Tuscaloosa, US
9
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
9
Chapel Hill, US
8
Wuzhou, CN
8
Fort Worth, US
7
Little Rock, US
7
Tall Timbers Research Stationlocation not on record
6
Clemson, US
6
GAlocation not on record
6
Bloomington, US
5
Williamsburg, US
5
Mississippi State, US
4
University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record
4
North Carolina Museum of Natural Scienceslocation not on record
3
DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record
3
James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studieslocation not on record
3
Flagstaff, US
3
Dekalb, US
2
Montréal, CA
2
Riverside, US
2
Cambridge, US
2
AUAlocation not on record
2
Weber State Universitylocation not on record
1
Logan, US
1
Chicago, US
1
Boise, US
1
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
1
Asheville, US
1
US
1
Pullman, US
1
University of South Carolina Salkehatchielocation not on record
1
Guasave, MX
1
College Park, US
1
Fayetteville, US
1
Claremont, US
1
Philadelphia, US
1
Millersville, US
1
54 institutions · 508 of 516 vouchered records shown · 8 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA2 detections
Where the DNA of Rhynchospora rariflora was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found2
Studies independent surveys1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 2 detections have coordinates
Open the map0 countries0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility589 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗