Rhynchospora hamadryadis W.W.Thomas

, Pl. Ecol. Evol. 157(3): 263 (2024).
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77345043-1
Publication
Plant Ecology and Evolution
Collation
157(3): 263
Date of Publication
18 Jul 2024
Family as entered in IPNI
Cyperaceae

Type Information

Collector Team
W.W.Thomas, A.M.Amorim, P.Fiaschi., J.L.Paixão & S.Sant’Ana 13954
Locality
Bahia: Mun. Poções. Fazenda Boa Esperança, 7.5 km S of Morrinhos (6.1 km E of Poções on road to Ilhéus)
Collection Date
7 Feb 2004
Type Herbaria
holotype CEPEC 102299
isotype K
isotype MO
isotype NY
isotype RB 692412, 693118
isotype US
Latitude
14° 36' 40" S
Longitude
40° 20' 13" W
Distribution Of Types
Bahia (Brazil Northeast, Brazil, Southern America)
Minas Gerais (Brazil Southeast, Brazil, Southern America)

Nomenclatural Notes

[epublished]

Remarks

doi:10.5091/plecevo.117163 Etymology: 'In Greek and Roman mythology, a hamadryad was a woodnymph bonded to a certain tree and who died when the tree died. Martius (1906) [… ] used Hamadryades to describe the seasonal arid vegetation of the interior of north-eastern Brazil'.