Scleria muehlenbergii

Scleria muehlenbergii

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 muehlenbergii

Name

Scleria muehlenbergii Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 543 (1841).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Scleria reticularis Muhl., Descr. Gram.: 266 (1817), nom. illeg.
• Homotypic
  • Scleria laxa Torr., Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 376 (1836), nom. illeg.
  • Scleria torreyana Walp., Ann. Bot. Syst. 3: 696 (1852), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Scleria hemitaphra Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 169 (1855).
  • Scleria bracteata var. angusta Griseb., Cat. Pl. Cub.: 249 (1866).
  • Scleria dictyocarpa C.Wright ex Griseb., Cat. Pl. Cub.: 249 (1866).
  • Scleria debilis C.Wright, Anales Acad. Ci. Méd. Habana 8: 154 (1871).
  • Scleria reticularis var. pubescens Britton, Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 3: 232 (1884).
  • Scleria stereorrhiza C.Wright ex C.B.Clarke in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 2: 147 (1900).
  • Scleria stereorrhiza var. major C.B.Clarke in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 2: 147 (1900).
  • Scleria trichopoda C.Wright ex Small & Britton, Fl. S.E. U.S.: 200 (1903).
  • Scleria latilacunosa Kük., Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 125: 21 (1921).
  • Scleria stevensiana Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 50: 55 (1923).
  • Scleria setacea var. hemitaphra (Steud.) Kük., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 215 (1926).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Alabama; Arkansas; Delaware; District of Columbia; Florida; Georgia; Illinois; Indiana; Kentucky; Louisiana; Maryland; Mexico Central; Mexico Gulf; Mexico Northeast; Mexico Northwest; Mexico Southeast; Mexico Southwest; Mississippi; Missouri; New Jersey; New York; North Carolina; Oklahoma; Pennsylvania; South Carolina; Tennessee; Texas; Virginia Continental: Southern America Argentina Northeast; Bahamas; Belize; Bolivia; Brazil North; Brazil West-Central; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cub; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; French Guiana; Guatemala; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panam; Puerto Rico; Suriname; Trinidad-Tobago; Venezuela; Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Steudel, E. 1840. Nomenclator botanicus. Seu: synonymia plantarum universalis, enumerans ordine alphabetico nomina atque synonyma, tum generica tum specifica, et a Linnaeo et a recentioribus de re botanica scriptoribus plantis phanerogamis imposita. Editio secunda ex nova elaborata et aucta. Pars II: Lit. L–Z. 810 pp. Typis et sumptibus J. G. Cottae, Stuttgartiae [Stuttgart] et Tubingae [Tübingen]. BHL Reference page. : 2: 543.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Scleria muehlenbergii 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 muehlenbergii. Published online. Accessed: Feb 27 2020.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Scleria muehlenbergii 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 muehlenbergii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Feb 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Muehlenberg's nutrush

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