Scleria canescens Boeckeler

  • Filed As

    Cyperaceae
    Scleria canescens Boeckeler

  • Collector(s)

    C. M. Taylor 11854 with Walker, L., 6 Jun 1994

  • Location

    Puerto Rico. Luquillo. El Yunque National Forest. On the top of Sierra de Luquillo, along the Pico del Este road, about 2-3 km est of the road, at MRCE fertilization plots #4 and #5.

  • Habitat

    Cloud forest.

  • Description

    Common, stems weak and climbing to 1ml bracts very dark purple-borwn, achenes green similarly to the leaves.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 992334

    Occurrence ID: 6e1a7889-3f9d-40dc-8635-b6b302ec86e7

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Poales

  • Family

    Cyperaceae

  • All Determinations

    Scleria canescens Boeckeler det M. T. Strong, 2001
    Note: Originally determined as Scleria canescens by F. Axelrod.

  • Region

    West Indies

  • Country

    Puerto Rico

  • State/Province

    Luquillo

  • Locality

    El Yunque National Forest. On the top of Sierra de Luquillo, along the Pico del Este road, about 2-3 km est of the road, at MRCE fertilization plots #4 and #5.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1000 m. (3281 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    18.3333, -65.6667

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