- Family:
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Scleria P.J.Bergius
- Species:
- Scleria terrestris (L.) Fassett
Scleria terrestris var. terrestris

Native to:
Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya
- Diaphora cochinchinensis Lour.
- Schoenus paniculatus Burm.f.
- Scleria aspera Boeckeler
- Scleria cochinchinensis (Lour.) Druce
- Scleria doederleiniana Boeckeler
- Scleria elata Thwaites
- Scleria elata var. decolorans C.B.Clarke
- Scleria elata var. latior C.B.Clarke
- Scleria exaltata Boeckeler
- Scleria haematostachys Boeckeler
- Scleria hasskarliana Boeckeler
- Scleria hirsuta Boeckeler
- Scleria kuntzei Boeckeler
- Scleria luzonensis Palla
- Scleria melanostoma Boeckeler
- Scleria ploemii Boeckeler
- Scleria rinkiana Boeckeler
- Scleria terrestris var. decolorans (C.B.Clarke) Fassett
- Scleria terrestris var. latior (C.B.Clarke) Fassett
Scleria terrestris var. terrestris appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jun 1, 1890 | Thwaites, G.H.K. [C.P. 3030], Sri Lanka | Scleria elata | K000260053 | syntype | Yes |
Thwaites, G.H.K. [C.P. 3030], Sri Lanka | Scleria elata | K000260052 | syntype | Yes | |
Thwaites, G.H.K. [C.P. 3030], Sri Lanka | Scleria elata | K000260054 | syntype | Yes | |
Jun 1, 1890 | Griffith, W. [6121], Bangladesh | Scleria melanostoma | K000357824 | Yes | |
Griffith, W. [6120], Bangladesh | Scleria melanostoma | K000357823 | Unknown type material | Yes |
Accepted by
- 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.
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.
- 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.
- Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0