Scleria lagoensis Boeckeler

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Cyperaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Scleria lagoensis Boeckeler

  • Type

    Type locality. "In paludibus et pratis humidis, nunc etiam in marginibus silvarum juxta campos circa Lagoa Santa frequens'' (Warming, type in BD) .

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - Distribution. Wet soil in campos and borders of forests, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, and Bolivia. VENEZUELA . Sucre: "Caripe Guanayuana," Moritz hb. n. 645b (type of S. moritziana Boeck.). Collected in 1844, not seen in Venezuela since.

  • Discussion

    Scleria moritziana Boeck. Linnaea 38: 460. 1874. "Caripe Venezuelae, Moritz hb. n. 645b."

  • Distribution

    Distribution. Wet soil in campos and borders of forests, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, and Bolivia.

    Colombia South America| Venezuela South America| Brazil South America| Bolivia South America|