Scleria latifolia Sw.

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Cyperaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Scleria latifolia Sw.

  • Type

    Type locality. Jamaica.

  • Discussion

    Carex latifolia Gmel. Syst. Nat. 2: 138. 1791. Based on S. latifolia Sw. Scleria nervosa Wikstr. Vet. Akad. Handl. 1827: 75. 1827 (fide Clarke, Symb. Ant. 2: 152. 1900). Type locality, Guadeloupe. Scleria loefgreniana Boeck. Vidensk. Meddel. 1894: 240. 1895. Type locality, Fazenda Campo Grande, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Edwall 1977). Scleria lacunosa Boeck. Allg. Bot. Zeitschr. 2: 160. 1896. Type locality, "India Occident."

  • Distribution

    Distribution. Moist shady places. Central America and the Lesser Antilles, throughout tropical South America to southern Brazil and Bolivia.

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