Monographs Details:
Authority:
Maguire, Bassett. 1965. The Botany of the Guayana Highland. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 12 (3): 1-285.
Maguire, Bassett. 1965. The Botany of the Guayana Highland. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 12 (3): 1-285.
Family:
Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae
Description:
Distribution and Ecology - Distribution. Clearings and wet banks, Guatemala and Cuba throughout tropical South America to Bolivia and Paraguay. VENEZUELA. Bolivar: La Paragua, Killip 37591; Cuidad Bolivar, Bailey & Bailey 1363, 1684; Caicara, Haman 8. Delta Amacuro: Lower Orinoco, Busby d- Squires 333. BRITISH GUIANA. Jenman 6090; Pomeroon River, Pomeroon District, D e La Cruz 3045, 3192; Mazaruni Station, Sandwith 1581; Bartica, Hitchcock 17263; Berbice, Jenman 5624.
Distribution and Ecology - Distribution. Clearings and wet banks, Guatemala and Cuba throughout tropical South America to Bolivia and Paraguay. VENEZUELA. Bolivar: La Paragua, Killip 37591; Cuidad Bolivar, Bailey & Bailey 1363, 1684; Caicara, Haman 8. Delta Amacuro: Lower Orinoco, Busby d- Squires 333. BRITISH GUIANA. Jenman 6090; Pomeroon River, Pomeroon District, D e La Cruz 3045, 3192; Mazaruni Station, Sandwith 1581; Bartica, Hitchcock 17263; Berbice, Jenman 5624.
Discussion:
Schoenus litTiospermus L. Sp. PI. ed. 2. 65, pro parte. 1762 (fide Clarke, Symb. Ant. 1900). Carex lithosperma L. Syst. Veg. et. 13. 706. 1774 (fide Clarke, Symb. Ant. 2: 150. 1900). Carex mitis Gmel. Syst. Nat. 2: 138. 1791. Based on S. mitis Berg. Scleria riparia Poepp. & Kunth; Kunth, Enum. PI. 2: 341. 1837. "Peruvia (prope Tocache, mission del Huallaga alto, in fluviorum ripis paludosis) Poeppig legit.'' Scleria latifolia Reichb.; Nees in Mart., Fl. Bras. 2(1): 183, as syn. 1842. "Specimen majus ante anthesin decreptum." Ophryoscleria lucida Nees in Mart., Fl. Bras. 2(1): 183. 1842. "In silvis prov. S. Pauli et Rio de Janeiro; in campis altis do Paranan et in silvis Minarum Novarum (Martius) ; in Gujana (Weigelt)." Ophryoscleria mitis Nees in Mart., Fl. Bras. 2(1) : 183. 1842. Based on Scleria riparia Poepp. & Kunth. Scleria praealta Salzm.; Schlecht. Bot. Zeit. 3: 461, as syn. 1845. "In paludosis Bahia." Scleria lucida Steud. Syn. PI. Cyp. 168. 1855. Based on Ophryoscleria lucida Nees. Scleria trialata Bertero; Boeck. Linnaea 33: 521, as syn. 1874. Scleria trinitatis Boeck. Cyp. Nov. 2: 31. 1890 (fide Clarke, Symb. Ant. 2: 150. 1900). "Insula Trinitatis."
Schoenus litTiospermus L. Sp. PI. ed. 2. 65, pro parte. 1762 (fide Clarke, Symb. Ant. 1900). Carex lithosperma L. Syst. Veg. et. 13. 706. 1774 (fide Clarke, Symb. Ant. 2: 150. 1900). Carex mitis Gmel. Syst. Nat. 2: 138. 1791. Based on S. mitis Berg. Scleria riparia Poepp. & Kunth; Kunth, Enum. PI. 2: 341. 1837. "Peruvia (prope Tocache, mission del Huallaga alto, in fluviorum ripis paludosis) Poeppig legit.'' Scleria latifolia Reichb.; Nees in Mart., Fl. Bras. 2(1): 183, as syn. 1842. "Specimen majus ante anthesin decreptum." Ophryoscleria lucida Nees in Mart., Fl. Bras. 2(1): 183. 1842. "In silvis prov. S. Pauli et Rio de Janeiro; in campis altis do Paranan et in silvis Minarum Novarum (Martius) ; in Gujana (Weigelt)." Ophryoscleria mitis Nees in Mart., Fl. Bras. 2(1) : 183. 1842. Based on Scleria riparia Poepp. & Kunth. Scleria praealta Salzm.; Schlecht. Bot. Zeit. 3: 461, as syn. 1845. "In paludosis Bahia." Scleria lucida Steud. Syn. PI. Cyp. 168. 1855. Based on Ophryoscleria lucida Nees. Scleria trialata Bertero; Boeck. Linnaea 33: 521, as syn. 1874. Scleria trinitatis Boeck. Cyp. Nov. 2: 31. 1890 (fide Clarke, Symb. Ant. 2: 150. 1900). "Insula Trinitatis."
Distribution:
Venezuela South America| Guyana South America|
Venezuela South America| Guyana South America|