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'''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.