Scleria tepuiensis Core

• Authority

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

• Family

  Cyperaceae

• Scientific Name

  Scleria tepuiensis Core

• Type

  Type locality. Summit of Cerro Duida, Savanna Hills, Venezuela, alt. 1025-1200 m, Steyermark 58232.

• Discussion

  Distribution. At fairly high elevations on sandstone mesas, or tepuis, Venezuela and British Guiana. VENEZUELA. Amazonas: Summit of Cerro Duida, Savanna Hills, alt. 1025-1200 m, Steyerm.ark 58232 (type) ; in laterite, dry slopes of Savanna Hills, summit of Mt. Duida, Tate 738; Cerro Sipapo (Paraque), Maguire & Politi 27816 (in part), 28145. BRITISH GUIANA. Mt. Roraima, Tate 152.