Cyperaceae
Scleria

Scleria ciliata Michx.

First published in Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 167 (1803)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & SE. U.S.A. to Central America, Caribbean, Brazil to NE. Argentina. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Belize, Brazil South, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Windward Is.

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2005). Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 52: 1-415.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Espejo Serna, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1997). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 5: 1-98. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • 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.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 2: 1-694. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Rothrock, P.E. (2009). Sedges of Indiana and adjacent states: the non-Carex species: 1-271. Indiana Academy of Sciences.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Espejo Serna, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1997). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 5: 1-98. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • Rothrock, P.E. (2009). Sedges of Indiana and adjacent states: the non-Carex species: 1-271. Indiana Academy of Sciences.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nash, G.V. [s.n.] United States K002789068 Yes
von Tuerckheim, H. [3077] Dominican Republic K002789371 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [4804] United States K002789066 Yes
Lazier, J. [10-12(37)] Belize K002789170 Yes
Nash, G.V. [s.n.] United States K002789069 Yes
Chapman [s.n.] United States K002789065 Yes
O'Neill, H.O. [8901] Belize K002789169 Yes
Hooker [s.n.] United States K002789071 Yes
Palmer, E.J. [18756] United States K002789074 Yes
Hale [s.n.] United States K002789063 Yes
Chapman [s.n.] United States K002789080 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002789077 Yes
Drummond, T. [417] United States K002789076 Yes
Chapman [s.n.] United States K002789081 Yes
Hall, E. [724] United States K002789082 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [3183] United States K002789072 Yes
Britton, N.L.; Britton, E.G.; Shafer, J.A. [686] Cuba K002789370 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [3184] United States K002789083 Yes
Wright, C. [3798] K002789369 Yes
Drummond, T. [418] United States K002789075 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [5674] United States K002789067 Yes
Palmer, E.J. [8301] United States K002789070 Yes
Chapman [s.n.] United States K002789064 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [12925] United States K002789084 Yes
Chapman [s.n.] United States K002789079 Yes
[Lefas Berlandier] [[920]] United States K002789073 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [12951] United States K002789085 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [s.n.] Dominican Republic K002789372 Yes
Goldman, D.; Alford, M.; Leonard, S. [3746] United States K002789062 Yes
Drummond, T. [418] United States K002789078 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • 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 2026. 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 2026. 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