Scleria
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Scleria

cortadora
cortadora blanca
nutrush
razor grass

Hierarchical position of the Genus Scleria

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Liliopsida Brongn.
pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843.
common name: Monocots
  
   Subclassis  Commelinidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 171. Jan-Mar 1967.
common name: Grasses, Sedges, Rushes
  
   SuperOrdo  Juncanae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 510. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Cyperales Hutch.
pub. Fam. Fl. Pl. 2: 16, 193. 1934.
  
   Familia  Cyperaceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 26. 4 Aug 1789.
common name: Sedges
  
   Subfamilia  Sclerioideae Burmeist.
pub. Handb. Naturgesch.: 210. 1837.
   Tribus  Sclerieae Wight & Arn.
pub. Contr. Bot. India: 71. Dec 1834.
   Genus  Scleria P.J. Bergius
pub. (1765)
common name: nutrush

Named members of the Genus Scleria

1
   Species  baldwinii (Torr.) Steud.
common name: Baldwin's nutrush
2
   Species  biflora Roxb.
common name: nutrush
3
   Species  bourgeaui Boeckl.
common name: Bourgeau's nutrush
4
   Species  bracteata Cav.
common name: bracted nutrush
5
   Species  brittonii Core ex Small
syn. Scleria ciliata var. glabra
6
   Species  canescens Boeckl.
syn. Scleria scindens
7
   Species  caricina Benth.
common name: nutrush
8
   Species  ciliaris Nees
common name: nutrush
9
   Species  ciliata Michx.
 
10
   Varietas  ciliata
common name: fringed nutrush
11
   Varietas  curtissii (Britt.) Kessler
syn. Scleria pauciflora var. curtissii
12
   Varietas  elliottii (Chapman) Fern.
syn. Scleria ciliata var. ciliata
13
   Varietas  glabra (Chapman) Fairey
common name: fringed nutrush
14
   Species  costata (Britt.) Small
syn. Scleria baldwinii
15
   Species  cubensis Boeckl.
common name: Cuban nutrush
16
   Species  curtissii Britt.
syn. Scleria pauciflora var. curtissii
17
   Species  distans Poir.
syn. Scleria hirtella
18
   Species  doradoensis Britt.
syn. Scleria hirtella
19
   Species  eggersiana Boeckl.
common name: Eggers' nutrush
20
   Species  elliottii Chapman
syn. Scleria ciliata var. ciliata
21
   Species  flaccida Steud.
syn. Scleria triglomerata
22
   Species  georgiana Core
common name: slenderfruit nutrush
23
   Species  gracilis Ell., non L.C. Rich.
syn. Scleria georgiana
24
   Species  grisebachii C.B. Clarke
syn. Scleria eggersiana
25
   Species  havanensis Britt.
common name: Havana nutrush
26
   Species  hirtella Sw.
common name: riverswamp nutrush
27
   Species  interrupta L.C. Rich.
syn. Scleria hirtella
28
   Species  lacustris C. Wright
common name: lakeshore nutrush
29
   Species  laevis Willd.
common name: nutrush
30
   Species  laxa R.Br.
common name: nutrush
31
   Species  lithosperma (L.) Sw.
common name: Florida Keys nutrush
32
   Species  melaleuca Reichenb. ex Schlecht. & Cham.
syn. Scleria pterota var. melaleuca
33
   Species  microcarpa Nees ex Kunth
common name: tropical nutrush
34
   Species  minor W. Stone
common name: slender nutrush
35
   Species  mitis Berg.
common name: cortadora
36
   Species  muehlenbergii Steud.
common name: Muehlenberg's nutrush
37
   Species  nitida Muhl. ex Willd.
syn. Scleria triglomerata
38
   Species  novae-hollandiae Boeck.
common name: nutrush
39
   Species  nutans Willd. ex Kunth
syn. Scleria hirtella
40
   Species  oligantha Michx.
common name: littlehead nutrush
41
   Species  pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd.
 
42
   Varietas  caroliniana (Willd.) Wood
common name: Carolina nutrush
43
   Varietas  curtissii (Britt.) Fairey
common name: Curtiss' nutrush
44
   Varietas  glabra Chapman
syn. Scleria ciliata var. glabra
45
   Varietas  kansana Fern.
syn. Scleria pauciflora var. pauciflora
46
   Varietas  pauciflora
common name: fewflower nutrush
47
   Species  polycarpa Boeck.
common name: nutrush
48
   Species  pterota K. Presl ex C.B. Clarke
 
49
   Varietas  melaleuca (Reichenb. ex Schlecht. & Cham.) Standl.
common name: cortadora blanca
50
   Varietas  pterota
common name: cortadora blanca
51
   Species  purdiei C.B. Clarke
common name: Purdie's nutrush
52
   Species  reticularis Michx.
 
53
   Varietas  pubescens Britt.
syn. Scleria muehlenbergii
54
   Varietas  pumila Britt.
syn. Scleria reticularis
55
   Species  rugosa R.Br.
common name: nutrush
56
   Species  scabriuscula Schlecht.
common name: mosquito nutrush
57
   Species  scindens Nees ex Kunth
common name: hairy nutrush
58
   Species  scrobiculata Nees & Meyen
common name: nutrush
59
   Species  secans (L.) Urban
common name: razor grass
60
   Species  setacea auct. non Poir.
syn. Scleria muehlenbergii
61
   Species  stevensiana Britt.
syn. Scleria muehlenbergii
62
   Species  sumatrensis Retz.
common name: nutrush
63
   Species  tenella Kunth
syn. Scleria verticillata
64
   Species  testacea Nees
common name: Hawai'i nutrush
65
   Species  triglomerata Michx.
common name: whip nutrush
66
   Species  verticillata Muhl. ex Willd.
common name: low nutrush

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed November 01, 2004   

 

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