Index / Search / Rhynchospora radicans ssp. microcephala

§1 Plant

Rhynchospora radicans (Schltdl. & Cham.) H. Pfeifer ssp. microcephala (Bertero ex Spreng.) W.W. Thomas

vernacular tropical whitetop — subspecies · Cyperaceae


USDA
RHRAM
GBIF
2721218
Rank
subspecies
tropical whitetop (Rhynchospora radicans ssp. microcephala)
Platephotograph · Emilie DucouretCC BY-NC-ND source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Graminoid
Duration
Perennial
Group
Monocot
Family
Cyperaceae Juss.
Genus
Rhynchospora
§2a

Native status, by region

  • HI Hawaii Introduced
  • PR Puerto Rico Native
  • VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b

County-level range

· 30 counties across 2 states/territories
Legend Native · 30 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 30 counties across 2 states/territories.


§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/RHRAM ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2721218 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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