Scleria

Genus of plants

Scleria

Scleria testacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Monocots
Clade:  | Commelinids
Order:  | Poales
Family:  | Cyperaceae
Genus:  | Scleria
P.J.Bergius
Diversity
About 200 species

Scleria is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. They are known commonly as nutrushes.[1] They are distributed throughout the tropics, and some species have ranges extending into temperate areas.[2] There are about 200 species.[2][3]

## Etymology

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The genus name Scleria is Greek, meaning "hardness", in reference to the tough seeds.[4]

## Description

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Plants of this genus are diverse in appearance. These are mostly perennial, but sometimes annual. Some have rhizomes. They produce solitary stems or clumps of many. They are a few centimeters tall to well over one meter. They have few leaves or many. The inflorescence is variable, ranging from a single spikelet to over 100.[3] Despite the variety, examination of the fruits and subterranean structures is required to distinguish species.[2]

## References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Scleria.

1. ^ Scleria. Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
2. ^ a b c Scleria. Flora of China.
3. ^ a b Scleria. Flora of North America.
4. ^ Merrit Lyndon Fernald (1970). R. C. Rollins (ed.). Gray's Manual of Botany (Eighth (Centennial) - Illustrated ed.). D. Van Nostrand Company. p. 290\. ISBN 0-442-22250-5.

## External links

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* Camelbeke, K. and P. Goetghebeur. (2002). The genus Scleria (Cyperaceae) in Colombia. An updated checklist. Caldasia 24(2), 259–68.

Taxon identifiers

Scleria|

* Wikidata: Q2235033
* Wikispecies: Scleria
* APDB: 194751
* APNI: 108054
* BOLD: 148509
* CoL: 8W3GC
* EoL: 29146
* EPPO: 1SCLG
* FloraBase: 21130
* FNA: 129760
* FoC: 129760
* GBIF: 2712271
* GRIN: 10955
* iNaturalist: 141080
* IPNI: 329988-2
* IRMNG: 1356033
* ITIS: 40303
* NBN: NHMSYS0000463333
* NCBI: 76510
* NZOR: bf3b7dc5-f220-46c6-a92d-f068c1d53794
* Open Tree of Life: 612670
* PLANTS: SCLER2
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:329988-2
* Tropicos: 40033443
* VASCAN: 1667
* WFO: wfo-4000034707

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