Scleria
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| Scleria | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Scleria P.J.Bergius |
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Scleria is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. Rather tall, coarse plants with leafy, three-angled stems, sometimes with wings along the angles. Scleria are found mostly in damp places but sometimes in dry, shady places in forests.
The genus contains the following species (this list is incomplete - about 16 species are found in Malaysia):
- Scleria afroreflexa Lye
- Scleria bancana - Winged scleria
- Scleria laevis - Smooth scleria
- Scleria lithosperma (L.) Sw. - Slender scleria
- Scleria sumatrensis Retz. - Sumatran scleria[2]
- Scleria terrestris
[edit] References
- ^ "Scleria P. J. Bergius". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1996-09-17. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?10955. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
- ^ "Species Records of Scleria". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?10955. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
- Henderson, M. R. (1954). Malayan Wild Flowers Monocotyledons. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
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