Família/Family: Cyperaceae
Grupo/Group: Monocotiledón/Monocotyledon.
Forma de vida/Life form:
Hierba/Herb
Duración de vida/Lifespan:
Perenne/Perennial.
Sustrato/Substrate:
Terrestre/Terrestrial.
Distribución nativa/Native range:
Endémica de las Antillas Mayores (Puerto Rico, Española, Cuba). / Endemic to the Greater Antilles (Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Cuba).
Mapa de ubicaciones / Map of locations
Notas/Notes:
This is distinguished from the typical subspecies in having slender ovoid-lanceoloid or narrowly lanceoloid spikelets and a rugulose-papillose achene surface versus ovoid spikelets and a transversely rugose achene surface (Acevedo-Rodríguez & Strong 2005).