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Scleria

The genus Scleria is in the family Cyperaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Scleria

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Scleria abortiva Nees ex Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Scleria acanthocarpa Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Scleria achtenii De Wild. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria adpressohirta (Kük.) E.A.Rob. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria afroreflexa Lye Accepted H WCSP
Scleria alpina Core Accepted H WCSP
Scleria amazonica Camelb., M.T.Strong & Goetgh. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria anceps Liebm. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria andringitrensis Cherm. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria angusta Nees ex Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Scleria angustifolia E.A.Rob. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria annularis Steud. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria anomala (Steud.) J.Raynal Accepted H WCSP
Scleria arcuata E.A.Rob. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria arguta (Nees) Steud. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria aromatica Core Accepted H WCSP
Scleria assamica (C.B.Clarke) D.M.Verma Accepted H WCSP
Scleria atroglumis D.A.Simpson Accepted H WCSP
Scleria balansae Maury ex Micheli Accepted H WCSP
Scleria baldwinii (Torr.) Steud. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria bambariensis Cherm. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria baroni-clarkei De Wild. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria baronii C.B.Clarke ex Cherm. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria benthamii C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Scleria bequaertii De Wild. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria bicolor Nelmes Accepted H WCSP
Scleria biflora Roxb. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria boivinii Steud. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria boniana Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Scleria borii D.M.Verma Accepted H WCSP
Scleria bourgeaui Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Scleria bracteata Cav. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria bradei Gross Accepted H WCSP
Scleria brownii Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Scleria buekiana Schltdl. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria buettneri Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Scleria bulbifera Hochst. ex A.Rich. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria burchellii C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Scleria calcicola E.A.Rob. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria camaratensis Core Accepted H WCSP
Scleria canescens Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Scleria carphiformis Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria castanea Core Accepted H WCSP
Scleria catharinensis Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Scleria catophylla C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Scleria chevalieri J.Raynal Accepted H WCSP
Scleria chlorocalyx E.A.Rob. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria ciliaris Nees Accepted H WCSP
Scleria ciliata Michx. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria clarkei Lindm. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria clathrata Hochst. ex A.Rich. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria colorata Core Accepted H WCSP
Scleria comosa (Nees) Steud. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria complanata Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Scleria composita (Nees) Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Scleria corymbosa Roxb. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria cuyabensis Pilg. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria cyathophora Holttum Accepted H WCSP
Scleria cyperina Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Scleria delicatula Nelmes Accepted H WCSP
Scleria densispicata (C.B.Clarke) J.Kern Accepted H WCSP
Scleria depauperata Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Scleria depressa (C.B.Clarke) Nelmes Accepted H WCSP
Scleria distans Poir. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria dregeana Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Scleria dulungensis P.C.Li Accepted H WCSP
Scleria eggersiana Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Scleria elongatissima Piérart Accepted H WCSP
Scleria erythrorrhiza Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria fauriei Ohwi Accepted H WCSP
Scleria filiculmis Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Scleria flagellum-nigrorum P.J.Bergius Accepted H WCSP
Scleria flexuosa Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Scleria foliosa Hochst. ex A.Rich. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria foveolata Cav. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria friesii Kük. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria fujianensis G.P.Li Accepted H WCSP
Scleria fulvipilosa E.A.Rob. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria georgiana Core Accepted H WCSP
Scleria glabra Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Scleria globonux C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Scleria goossensii De Wild. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria gracillima Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Scleria greigiifolia (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Scleria guineensis J.Raynal Accepted H WCSP
Scleria harlandii Hance Accepted H WCSP
Scleria havanensis Britton Accepted H WCSP
Scleria hildebrandtii Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Scleria hilsenbergii Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria hirta Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Scleria hirtella Sw. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria hispidior (C.B.Clarke) Nelmes Accepted H WCSP
Scleria hispidula Hochst. ex A.Rich. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria huberi C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Scleria induta Turrill Accepted H WCSP
Scleria interrupta Rich. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria iostephana Nelmes Accepted H WCSP
Scleria jiangchengensis Y.Y.Qian Accepted H WCSP
Scleria junghuhniana Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Scleria kerrii Turrill Accepted H WCSP
Scleria khasiana Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Scleria killipiana Britton Accepted H WCSP
Scleria kindtiana Graebn. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria kwangtungensis Chun & F.C.How Accepted H WCSP
Scleria lacustris C.Wright Accepted H WCSP
Scleria laeviformis Tang & F.T.Wang Accepted H WCSP
Scleria lagoensis Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Scleria latifolia Sw. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria laxa R.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria laxiflora Gross Accepted H WCSP
Scleria leptostachya Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Scleria levis Retz. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria lingulata C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Scleria lithosperma (L.) Sw. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria longigluma Kük. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria longispiculata Nelmes Accepted H WCSP
Scleria lucentinigricans E.A.Rob. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria macbrideana Gross Accepted H WCSP
Scleria mackaviensis Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Scleria macrogyne C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Scleria macrolomioides H.Pfeiff. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria macrophylla J.Presl & C.Presl Accepted H WCSP
Scleria madagascariensis Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Scleria martii (Nees) Steud. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria melaleuca Rchb. ex Schltdl. & Cham. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria melanomphala Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Scleria melanotricha Hochst. & A.Rich. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria melicoides Schltdl. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria microcarpa Nees ex Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Scleria mikawana Makino Accepted H WCSP
Scleria millespicula T.Koyama Accepted H WCSP
Scleria minima C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Scleria minor (Britton) W.Stone Accepted H WCSP
Scleria mitis P.J.Bergius Accepted H WCSP
Scleria monticola Nelmes ex Napper Accepted H WCSP
Scleria motemboensis Britton Accepted H WCSP
Scleria motleyi C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Scleria mucronata Poir. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria muehlenbergii Steud. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria multilacunosa T.Koyama Accepted H WCSP
Scleria mutoensis Nakai Accepted H WCSP
Scleria myricocarpa Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Scleria nankingensis Tang & F.T.Wang Accepted H WCSP
Scleria natalensis Boeckeler ex C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Scleria naumanniana Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Scleria neesii Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Scleria neocaledonica Rendle Accepted H WCSP
Scleria neogranatensis C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Scleria novae-hollandiae Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Scleria nyasensis C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Scleria oblata S.T.Blake ex J.Kern Accepted H WCSP
Scleria obtusa Core Accepted H WCSP
Scleria oligantha Michx. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria oligochondra Nelmes Accepted H WCSP
Scleria orchardii C.D.Adams Accepted H WCSP
Scleria ovinux J.Raynal ex Fosberg Accepted H WCSP
Scleria pachyrrhyncha Nelmes Accepted H WCSP
Scleria panicoides Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Scleria papuana J.Kern Accepted H WCSP
Scleria parallella C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Scleria parvula Steud. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria patula E.A.Rob. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria paupercula E.A.Rob. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria pergracilis (Nees) Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Scleria pernambucana Luceño & M.Alves Accepted H WCSP
Scleria perpusilla Cherm. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria pilosa Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Scleria pilosissima Britton Accepted H WCSP
Scleria plusiophylla Steud. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria poeppigii (Nees) Steud. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria poiformis Retz. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria poklei M.A.Wadood Khan Accepted H WCSP
Scleria polycarpa Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Scleria polyrrhiza E.A.Rob. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria pooides Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria porphyrocarpa E.A.Rob. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria procumbens E.A.Rob. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria psilorrhiza C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Scleria pulchella Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria purdiei C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Scleria purpurascens Steud. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria pusilla Pilg. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria racemosa Poir. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria ramosa C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Scleria rehmannii C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Scleria reticularis Michx. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria retroserrata Kük. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria richardsiae E.A.Rob. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria robinsoniana J.Raynal Accepted H WCSP
Scleria robusta Camelb. & Goetgh. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria rugosa R.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria rutenbergiana Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Scleria scabra Willd. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria scabriuscula Schltdl. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria scandens Core Accepted H WCSP
Scleria schenskyana Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Scleria schiedeana Schltdl. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria schimperiana Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Scleria schmitzii Piérart Accepted H WCSP
Scleria schulzii Barros Accepted H WCSP
Scleria scindens Nees ex Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Scleria scrobiculata Nees & Meyen Accepted H WCSP
Scleria secans (L.) Urb. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria sellowiana Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Scleria setulosociliata Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Scleria sheilae J.Raynal Accepted H WCSP
Scleria sieberi Nees Accepted H WCSP
Scleria skutchii M.T.Strong & J.R.Grant Accepted H WCSP
Scleria sobolifer E.F.Franklin Accepted H WCSP
Scleria sororia Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Scleria sphacelata F.Muell. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria sphaerocarpa (E.A.Rob.) Napper Accepted H WCSP
Scleria spicata (Spreng.) J.F.Macbr. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria spiciformis Benth. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria splitgerberiana Henrard ex Uittien Accepted H WCSP
Scleria sprucei C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Scleria staheliana Uittien Accepted H WCSP
Scleria stenophylla Core Accepted H WCSP
Scleria stereorrhiza C.Wright ex C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Scleria stipitata Uittien Accepted H WCSP
Scleria stipularis Nees Accepted H WCSP
Scleria stocksiana Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Scleria suaveolens Nelmes Accepted H WCSP
Scleria sumatrensis Retz. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria swamyi Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria tenacissima (Nees) Steud. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria tenella Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Scleria tepuiensis Core Accepted H WCSP
Scleria terrestris (L.) Fassett Accepted H WCSP
Scleria tessellata Willd. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria testacea Nees ex Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Scleria thwaitesiana Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Scleria tonkinensis C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Scleria transvaalensis E.F.Franklin Accepted H WCSP
Scleria trialata Poir. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria tricuspidata S.T.Blake Accepted H WCSP
Scleria triglomerata Michx. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria triquetra M.T.Strong Accepted H WCSP
Scleria trisulcata G.P.Li Accepted H WCSP
Scleria tropicalis M.T.Strong Accepted H WCSP
Scleria tryonii Domin Accepted H WCSP
Scleria uleana Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Scleria unguiculata E.A.Rob. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria vaginata Steud. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria valdemuricata Kük. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria variegata (Nees) Steud. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria venezuelensis Core Accepted H WCSP
Scleria verrucosa Willd. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria verticillata Muhl. ex Willd. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria veseyfitzgeraldii E.A.Rob. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria vichadensis F.J.Herm. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria violacea Pilg. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria virgata (Nees) Steud. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria vogelii C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Scleria warmingiana Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Scleria welwitschii C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Scleria williamsii Gross Accepted H WCSP
Scleria woodii C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Scleria wrightiana Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Scleria xerophila E.A.Rob. Accepted H WCSP
Scleria zambesica E.A.Rob. Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 631 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Scleria. Of these 262 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 136 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Scleria. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 631 species names for the genus Scleria recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 262 41.5%
◕ Synonym 356 56.4%
◕ Unplaced 1 0.2%
◕ Unassessed 12 1.9%

All names

The status of the 767 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Scleria recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 286 37.3%
◕ Synonym 468 61.0%
◕ Unplaced 1 0.1%
◕ Unassessed 12 1.6%

Of these names,

A further 1 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 631 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Scleria, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 262 331 0 0 593 94.0%
Medium confidence 0 25 0 0 25 4.0%
Low confidence 0 0 1 12 13 2.1%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Scleria, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 25 0 12 0 37 5.9%
WCSP 262 331 1 0 1 595 94.3%