Scleria lithosperma

Scleria lithosperma

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Cyperaceae
Subfamilia: Cyperoideae
Tribus: Sclerieae
Genus: Scleria
Species: Scleria lithosperma
Varietates: S. l. var. linearis – S. l. var. lithosperma

Name

Scleria lithosperma (L.) Sw., Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 18 (1788).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Scirpus lithospermus L., Sp. Pl.: 51 (1753).
• Homotypic
  • Hypoporum lithospermum (L.) Nees in R.Wight, Contr. Bot. India: 117 (1834).
  • Scleria wightiana Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 176 (1855), nom. superfl.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropics & Subtropics Andaman Is.; Angola; Assam; Bahamas; Bangladesh; Benin; Bolivia; Borneo; Brazil West-Central; Burkina; Caroline Is.; Cayman Is.; China South-Central; China Southeast; Comoros; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominican Republic; East Himalaya; Ethiopia; Fiji; Florida; French Guiana; Ghana; Guatemala; Hainan; Honduras; India; Ivory Coast; Jamaica; Jawa; Kenya; Leeward Is.; Lesser Sunda Is.; Louisiana; Madagascar; Malaya; Maluku; Marianas; Mexico Gulf; Mexico Northeast; Mexico Southeast; Mexico Southwest; Mozambique; Myanmar; New Guinea; Nicaragua; Nigeria; Northern Territory; Panama; Philippines; Puerto Rico; Queensland; Samoa; Sri Lanka; Sulawesi; Sumatera; Taiwan; Tanzania; Thailand; Togo; Tonga; Trinidad-Tobago; Turks-Caicos Is.; Venezuela; Venezuelan Antilles; Vietnam; Wallis-Futuna Is.; Windward Is.; Zambia; Zaire References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Swartz, O. 1788. Nova genera & species plantarum seu Prodromus descriptionum vegetabilium, maximam partem incognitorum quae sub itinere in Indiam Occidentalem annis 1783–87 digessit Olof Swartz. M. D. X+152 pp., index. M.Swederi, Holmiae [Stockholm] etc. BHL Reference page. : 18

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Scleria lithosperma in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Scleria lithosperma. Published online. Accessed: Feb 27 2020.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Scleria lithosperma in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 27. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2020. Scleria lithosperma. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Feb 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Scleria lithosperma in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: Florida Keys nutrush

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