Cyperaceae
Scleria

Scleria globonux C.B.Clarke

First published in T.A.Durand & H.Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 671 (1894)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to W. Ethiopia and Zambia. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Central African Repu, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • 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.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • Hedberg, I., Friis, I. & Persson, E. (2009). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 1: 1-305. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Berhaut, Fl. Sén. ed. 2, 359 (1967).
  • Nelmes in Kew Bull. 11: 104 (1956)
  • in F.T.A. 8: 504 (1902)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • C.B. Clarke in F.T.A. 8: 504 (1902).
  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 348, fig.719 (1983).
  • Napper in F.W.T.A., ed.2 3: 343 (1972).
  • Napper in J. E. Africa Nat. Hist. Soc. Coryndon Mus. 24(109): 30, figs.1,5 (1964).
  • Nelmes in Kew Bull. 11: 104 (1956).
  • Robinson in Kew Bull. 18: 527 (1966).
  • Robinson in Kirkia 2: 179 (1961).
  • Verdcourt in F.T.E.A., Cyperaceae: 402 (2010).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Hedberg, I., Friis, I. & Persson, E. (2009). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 1: 1-305. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • F.T.A. 8: 504 (1902)
  • F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 3: 343 (1972)
  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr. 348, fig. 719 (1983).
  • Journ. E. Afr. Nat. Hist. Soc. 24 (109): 30, fig. 1, 5 (1964)( Note: The reference to perennial in Napper (1964) must be a slip.)
  • K.B. 11: 104 (1956)
  • K.B. 18: 527 (1966)
  • Kirkia 3: 179 (1961)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Schweinfurth [2500] Sudan K000321083 Type Yes
Schweinfurth [2500] Sudan K000321082 Type Yes
Adams, C.D.; Akpabia, G.K. [4386] Ghana K002785748 Yes
Hall, J.B. [IV48] Cote d'Ivoire K002785747 Yes
Adams, C.D.; Akpabia, G.K. [4392A] Ghana K002785749 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [5576] Zambia K001600526 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [3776] Sierra Leone K002785746 Yes
s.coll. [2825] Guinea K002785745 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0