Cyperaceae
Scleria

Scleria pergracilis (Nees) Kunth

First published in Enum. Pl. 2: 354 (1837)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical Old World. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nepal, New Guinea, Nigeria, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, Sudan, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Extinct in:

Sri Lanka

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Browning, J. & al. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 14: 1-455. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • 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.
  • Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Berhaut, Fl. Sén. ed. 2, 356 (1967).
  • E. A. Robinson in Kew Bull. 18: 494 (1966)
  • Enum. Pl. 2: 354 (1837)
  • F.T.A. 8: 495
  • Nelmes in Kew Bull. 10: 445 (1955)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Clarke in F.T.A. 8: 495 (1902); in Illustr. Cyper.: t.121 (1909).
  • Gordon-Gray in Strelitzia 2: 184, fig.84 (1995).
  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 342, figs.705,706 (1983).
  • Hennessy in Bothalia 15: 521 (1985).
  • Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 354 (1837).
  • Nelmes in Kew Bull. 10: 445 (1955).
  • Robinson in Kew Bull. 18: 494 (1966).
  • Verdcourt in F.T.E.A., Cyperaceae: 395, fig.60 (2010).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Browning, J. & al. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 14: 1-455. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
  • Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.
  • Ranasinghe, S. & al. (2020). The national red list 2020 - Conservation status of the flora of Sri Lanka: 1-254. Biodiversity secretariat, Ministry of environment and the national herbarium.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. 5: 673 (1895)
  • Enum. Pl. 2: 354 (1837)
  • F.T.A. 8: 495 (1902)
  • F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 3: 344 (1972)
  • Fl. Br. India 6: 685 (1894)
  • Fl. Eth. 6: 497, fig. 212.165 (1997).
  • Flora 62: 569 (1879)
  • Gordon-Gray, Strelitzia 2: 184, fig. 84, B, E (1995)
  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 342, figs. 705, 706 (1983)
  • Illustr. Cyper., t. 121 (1909)
  • K.B. 10: 445 (1955)
  • K.B. 18: 494 (1966)
  • Linnaea 38: 438 (1874)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 9, 2023 Cheek, M. ; Ndive ; Sama ; Enow ; Nicholas ; Manga [14189] Cameroon K001562751 Yes
Mar 16, 2016 Robinson, E.A. [6534] Zambia K001604893 Yes
Jan 1, 1961 Kerr, A.F.G. [9788] Thailand K000498533 Yes
MacKee, H.S. [9195] Australia K002964993 Yes
[Ptsct [7911] Togo K002785471 Yes
Morton, J.K. [GC9966] Ghana K002785462 Yes
Wallich, N. [3406] Bangladesh K000960233 Type Yes
Assi, A. [9284] Cote d'Ivoire K002785459 Yes
Schweinfurth, G.A. [2472] Sudan K002786765 Yes
Schmitz [5989] Congo, Republic of the K002786213 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [1927] India K002963585 Yes
Hall; [Sehu] [GC 37060] Ghana K002785464 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Thulin, M. [656] Ethiopia K002786764 Yes
Lisowski, S. [439] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002786214 Yes
[Wallich C.] [3406] Nepal K002963581 Yes
Saldanha, C.J. [15793] India K002963588 Yes
Lace, J.H. [4274] Burma K002963577 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [6904] Zambia K001600535 Yes
Blackwood, B. [279] Papua New Guinea K002964967 Yes
s.coll. [[827]] Nepal K002963583 Yes
MacGregor [243] Nigeria K002785479 Yes
[illegibl [s.n.] India K001735528 Yes
Jaeger, P. [53] Mali K000391962 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [6266] Thailand K000498532 Yes
Wallich [s.n.] India K002963579 Yes
Hall, J.B. [465] Ghana K002785465 Yes
Forrest, G. [24813] China K002963419 Yes
de Leeuw, P.N. [1547] Nigeria K002785476 Yes
Wheeler Haines, R. [217] Nigeria K002785478 Yes
Mahoux, P.G. [2163] South Africa K000363321 Isotype Yes
Mooney, H.F. [3683] India K002963587 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K. [5846] Tanzania K000468579 Yes
Akpabla, G.K. [1840] Ghana K002785463 Yes
Hall, J.B. [IV58] Cote d'Ivoire K002785461 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Høst, P.; Desissa, D.; Kebede, S. [7304] Ethiopia K002786763 Yes
Clayton, D. [DC1306] Nigeria K002785474 Yes
Taylor, C.B. [36] Nigeria K002785472 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [23146] India K002963578 Yes
Thorne, R.F.; Jones, W.T. [21096] Australia K002964992 Yes
Kurz, S. [s.n.] India K002963586 Yes
Hall, J.B. [828] Nigeria K002785473 Yes
Innes, R.R. [30490] Ghana K002785468 Yes
s.coll. [3406] India K002963582 Yes
Morton, J.K. [A4649] Ghana K002785469 Yes
Fay, J.M. [3406] K002786211 Yes
Morton, J.K. [GC6245] Ghana K002785470 Yes
Stage, E. [60] K002786212 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [2790] India K002963584 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [1428] Thailand K000498535 Yes
Raynal, J. [16976] K002964968 Yes
Nicolson, D.H.; Hooper, S.S.; Saldanha, C.; Gandhi, K.N. [HFP2261] India K002963589 Yes
Berhaut [6441] Senegal K002785457 Yes
Sands, M.J.S. [1779] Papua New Guinea K002964969 Yes
Forrest, G. [22233] China K002963418 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O. [995] Cote d'Ivoire K002785460 Yes
Welwitsch [7134] Angola K000363305 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hall, J.B. [914] Ghana K002785467 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K. [5933] Tanzania K000468492 Yes
Lowe, J.L. [4475] Nigeria K002785480 Yes
Strachey, R.; Winterbottom, J.E. [s.n.] India K002963580 Yes
Lisowski, S. [11184] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002786215 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [2647] Thailand K000498534 Yes
[EL. Banten] [1006] Nigeria K002785475 Yes
{M. I'Abbé Delavay} [s.n.] China K002963416 Yes
Hall, J.B. [631] Ghana K002785466 Yes
Forrest, G. [18436] China K002963415 Yes
Forrest, G. [22555] China K002963417 Yes
de Leeuw, P.N. [1303] Nigeria K002785477 Yes

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