Cyperaceae
Scleria

Scleria scabra Willd.

First published in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 315 (1805)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Cuba, S. Tropical America. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Cuba, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • 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.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 2003 Harley, R.M.; Hind, D.J.N.; Simao, R.; Fothergill, J.M. [25725] Brazil K000189786 Yes
Nov 1, 2003 Harley, R.M.; Renvoize, S.A.; Erskine, C.M.; Brighton, C.A.; Pinheiro, R. [17023] Brazil K000189784 Yes
Nov 1, 2003 Harley, R.M.; Hind, D.J.N.; Simao, R.; Fothergill, J.M. [25725] Brazil K000189787 Yes
Nov 1, 2003 Harley, R.M.; Renvoize, S.A.; Erskine, C.M.; Brighton, C.A.; Pinheiro, R. [17023] Brazil K000189785 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Silva, M.A.; Mendonça, R.C.; Oiiveira, F.C.A.; Alvarenga, D.; Cardoso, E. [3507] Brazil K000189698 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Atkins, S.; Sakuragui, C.M.; Harley, R.M.; Sano, P.T.; Souza, V.C. [14761] Brazil K000189720 Yes
Jan 1, 2001 Carvalho, A.M.; Gasson, P.; Amorim, A.; Sant'Ana, S.C. [3711] Brazil K000189717 Yes
Jan 1, 2001 Carvalho, A.M.; Gasson, P.; Amorim, A.; Sant'Ana, S.C. [3711] Brazil K000189719 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Arbo, M.M.; Mello-Silva, R.; Vicente, J. [5642] Brazil K000189716 Yes
Feb 1, 1984 Carvalho, A.M.; Leuenberger, B.; Silva, L.A.M. [1751] Brazil K000189718 Yes
Lima, A. [582901] Brazil K000189715 Yes
Hostmánn [837] Suriname Scleria lobulata K000584488 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hostmánn [837] Suriname Scleria lobulata K000584490 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hostmánn [837] Suriname Scleria lobulata K000584489 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sep 1, 1890 Wright, C. [s.n.] Cuba Scleria porphyrorhiza K000584494 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0