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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Scleria

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.