Scleria

Scleria

Taxobox
name = "Scleria"


regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Poales
familia = Cyperaceae
genus = "Scleria"

"Scleria" is a genus of plant in 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 lithosperma", Slender scleria
*"Scleria laevis", Smooth scleria
*"Scleria bancana", Winged scleria
*"Scleria sumatrensis", Sumatran scleria

Book references

*cite book
last=Henderson | first=M. R.
year=1954
title=Malayan Wild Flowers Monocotyledons
publisher=Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur


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