Cyperaceae
Scleria

Scleria achtenii De Wild.

First published in Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 14(Suppl. Bot.): 16 (1926)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Burkina, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Browning, J. & al. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 14: 1-455. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.
  • Lye, K.A. & Thery, P. (2012). Flore du Gabon 44: 1-230. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Berhaut, Fl. Sén. ed. 2, 358 (1967).
  • E. A. Robinson in Kew Bull. 18: 534 (1966)
  • in Rev. Zool. Afr., Suppl. Bot. 14, 2: 16 (1926)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • De Wild Pl. Bequaert. 4: 219, fig.1 (1927).
  • De Wild. in Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines, suppl. Bot. 14: 16, fig.1 (1926);
  • Gordon-Gray in Strelitzia 2: 181, fig.82 (1995).
  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 350, figs.725,726 (1983).
  • Hennessy in Bothalia 15: 526 (1985).
  • Napper in F.W.T.A., ed.2 3: 342 (1972).
  • Napper in J. E. Africa Nat. Hist. Soc. Coryndon Mus. 24(109): 28 (1964).
  • Robinson in Kew Bull. 18: 534 (1966).
  • Verdcourt in F.T.E.A., Cyperaceae: 405 (2010).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2019). https://doi.org/10.3767/blumea.2019.64.03.01. epublication.
  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Browning, J. & al. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 14: 1-455. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 3: 342 (1972)
  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 350, figs 725, 726 (1983)
  • Journ. E. Afr. Nat. Hist. Soc. 24 (109): 28 (1964)
  • K.B. 18: 534 (1966)
  • Pl. Bequaert. 4: 219, fig. 1 (1927)
  • Rev. Zool. Afr., Suppl. Bot. 14: 16, fig. 1 (1926)
  • Strelitzia 2: 181, fig. 82 A, D (1995).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2000 Cheek, M. [9893] Cameroon K000678168 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [982] Sierra Leone K002785770 Yes
Jongkind, C.; Bilivogui, D. [11190] Guinea K002785765 Yes
Jordan, H.D. [737] Sierra Leone K002785769 Yes
Hall, J.B. [GC 40068] K002785786 Yes
Jordan, H.D. [482] Sierra Leone K002785776 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [4076] Sierra Leone K002785773 Yes
Melville, F.A.; Hooker, T. [307] Sierra Leone K002785774 Yes
Geerling, C.; Bokdam, J. [797] Cote d'Ivoire K002785781 Yes
Morton, J.K.; Gledhill, D. [SL 1221] Sierra Leone K002785771 Yes
Berhaut, R.P. [1736] Senegal K002785763 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [345] Sierra Leone K002785772 Yes
Jongkind, C.C.H. [3169] Ghana K002785783 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [6611] Zambia K001600499 Yes
Hall, J.B. [CC451] Ghana K002785785 Yes
Adam, I.G. [12540] K002785767 Yes
Adjanohoun, E.J. [352] Benin K002785782 Yes
Glanville, R.R. [221] Sierra Leone K002785768 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [982] Sierra Leone K002785775 Yes
Hall, J.B. [3235] Ghana K002785784 Yes
Berhaut [6214] Senegal K002785764 Yes
Deighton [4076] Sierra Leone K002785777 Yes
Adames, P. [705] Liberia K002785780 Yes
Deighton [4076] Sierra Leone K002785778 Yes
Jacques-Félix [7267] Guinea K002785766 Yes
Linder, D.H.; Becquaert, J. [1459] Liberia K002785779 Yes
Lowe, J.L. [2403] K002785788 Yes
Wheeler Haines, R. [209] Nigeria K002785787 Yes

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