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This species is accepted, and its native range is Tropical & Subtropical Asia.

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, India, Jawa, Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Scleria biflora Roxb. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Aug 19, 2016 Mooney, H.F. [4015], India K000455146
Aug 19, 2016 Mooney, H.F. [3598], India K000455148
Oct 1, 2015 Belcher, R.O. [718], Myanmar K000455163
Oct 1, 2015 Thein Lwin, U. [157], Myanmar K000455164
Oct 1, 2015 Thein Lwin, U. [223], Myanmar K000455166
Oct 1, 2015 Thein Lwin, U. [589], Myanmar K000455167
Oct 1, 2015 Po Khant, D.R. [1307], Myanmar K000455165
Aug 9, 2006 Crawford, S. [132], Nepal K000455156
Aug 9, 2006 Fernandez, R.R. [453], India K000455153
Aug 8, 2006 Mooney, H.F. [2306], India K000455149
Aug 8, 2006 Mooney, H.F. [2042], India K000455151
Aug 8, 2006 Shaw, J. [438], China K000455142
Aug 8, 2006 Shaw, J. [579], Hong Kong K000455143
Aug 8, 2006 Clarke, C.B. [7781], India K000455144
Dec 5, 1974 Afriastini [51], Indonesia K000455429
Aug 24, 1970 Hu, S.Y. [10929], China K000455140
Oct 14, 1969 Hu, S.Y. [8280], Hong Kong K000455139
Nov 1, 1959 Corner, E.J.H. [37479], Malaysia K000455121
Nov 1, 1959 Kerr, A.F.G. [19565], Thailand K000455133
Oct 1, 1959 Chun, N.K. [43821], China K000455136
Oct 1, 1959 Chun, N.K. [43821], China K000455137
Oct 1, 1959 Steenis, C.G.G.J. van [11783], Indonesia K000455428
Oct 1, 1959 Ramos, M. [12221], Philippines K000455422
Oct 1, 1959 Ramos, M. [12221], Philippines K000455423
Oct 1, 1959 Ramos, M. [48162], Philippines K000455424
Oct 1, 1959 s.coll. [4545], Malaysia K000455116
Oct 1, 1959 s.coll. [3620], Thailand K000455132
Oct 1, 1959 Loodenough, J.S. [1547], Peninsular Malaysia K000455117
Oct 1, 1959 Ridleip, M. [s.n.], Malaysia K000455118
Oct 1, 1959 Bakh [7667], Indonesia K000455427
Apr 8, 1952 Kern, J.H. [8662], Indonesia K000455426
May 1, 1938 Bakh [16422], Indonesia K000455425
Apr 13, 1899 Hance, H.F. [5232], Hong Kong K000455141
Jun 3, 1895 [Woodrow, R.] [77], India K000455145
Jun 1, 1892 s.coll. [s.n.], India K000455152
Jun 1, 1890 Miquel? [s.n.], Indonesia K000291173 Unknown type material
Jun 1, 1890 s.coll. [3034], Sri Lanka K000455157
Jan 1, 1890 Clarke, C.B. [3843], India K000455150
Mooney, H.F. [3105], India K000455147
Sinclair, J. [10839], Malaysia K000455119
Ridley [1795], Malaysia K000455120
Clayton, D. [5290], Sri Lanka K000455159
Keenan, R.L. [s.n.], India K000455154
Keenan, R.L. [s.n.], India K000455155
Hu, S.Y. [12225], Hong Kong K000455138
Furuse, M. [718], Japan K000455134
Furuse, M. [703], Japan K000455135
East India Company [3405 B], Bangladesh K000357568
East India Company [3405 A], Nepal K000960231
[Walber] [s.n.], India K000455158
Koyama, T.M. [14007], Sri Lanka K000455160
Koyama, T.M. [13937], Sri Lanka K000455161
Koyama, T.M. [13937], Sri Lanka K000455162

First published in Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 573 (1832)

Accepted by

  • Middleton, D.J. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Singapore 7: 1-525. Singapore Botanic Gardens.
  • Mostaph, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Wadoodkhan, M.A., Solanke, S.N. & Chavan, D.P. (2007). Genus Scleria Berg. (Cyperaceae) in peninsular India, rest of Maharashtra and Andaman Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 31: 598-612.
  • Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Walker, E.H. (1976). Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu islands: 1-1159. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., U.S.A.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Mostaph, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Walker, E.H. (1976). Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu islands: 1-1159. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., U.S.A.

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