Scleria macrophylla J.Presl & C.Presl

• Authority

  Maguire, Bassett. 1965. The Botany of the Guayana Highland. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 12 (3): 1-285.

• Family

  Cyperaceae

• Scientific Name

  Scleria macrophylla J.Presl & C.Presl

• Type

  Type locality. ''In insula Luzon" (Haenke), in error; probably tropical South America.

• Discussion

  Scleria paludosa Poepp. & Kunth; Kunth, Enum. PI. 2: 344. 1837. "Peruvia (prope Tocache, ad fl. Huallagum superiorem, in sylvis paludosis) Poeppig legit." Ophryoscleria paludosa Nees in Mart., Fl. Bras. 2(1): 185. 1842. Based on Scleria paludosa Poepp. & Kunth. Scleria palmifolia Hoffmgg.; Schlecht. Bot. Zeit. 3: 492. 1845. (fide Boeck. Linnaea 38: 522. 1874). "Salzm. hrbr. Bahia." Scleria macrocarpa Salzm.; Schlecht. Bot. Zeit. 3: 492, as syn. 1845. Ophryoscleria asperrima Liebm. Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. V. 2: 261. 1851. "Et Exemplar hjembragtes af Mag. 0rsted, samlet ved Bredderne af Rio de S. Juan de Nicaragua i Juni." Scleria asperrima Steud. Syn. PI. Cyp. 170. 1855. Based on Ophryoscleria asperrima Liebm.