Cyperaceae
Scleria

Scleria tessellata Willd.

First published in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 315 (1805)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa, Madagascar, India to Thailand, N. Northern Territory. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Central African Repu, Chad, Ghana, Guinea, India, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Zambia

Accepted Infraspecifics

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.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • 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.
  • Dey, S. & Prasanna, P.V. (2009). Exclusion of Schoenus nigricans L., Rhynchospora triflora Vahl, Scleria foliosa Hochst., & Scleria reticulata (Holtt.) Kern (Cyperaceae) from Flora of India. Indian Journal of Forestry 32: 685-686.
  • 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.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Wadoodkhan, M.A., Solanke, S.N. & Chavan, D.P. (2007). Genus Scleria Berg. (Cyperaceae) in peninsular India, rest of Maharashtra and Andaman. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 31: 598-612.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 348, figs.720,721 as tesselata (1983).
  • Napper in F.W.T.A., ed.2 3: 343 (1972).
  • Napper in J. E. Africa Nat. Hist. Soc. Coryndon Mus. 24(109): 29 (1964).
  • Nelmes in Kew Bull. 11: 108 (1956).
  • Robinson in Kew Bull. 18: 526 (1966).
  • Robinson in Kirkia 2: 178 (1961).
  • Verdcourt in F.T.E.A., Cyperaceae: 403 (2010).
  • Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 315 (1805).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • 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.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • F.B.I. 6: 686 (1894)
  • F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 3: 343 (1972)
  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 348, figs. 720, 721 (1983).
  • Journ. E. Afr. Nat. Hist. Soc. 24 (109): 29 (1964)
  • K.B. 11: 108 (1956)
  • K.B. 18: 526 (1966)
  • Kirkia 2: 178 (1961)
  • Sp. Pl. 4: 315 (1805)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2022 Rieder, C.; Camara, M. [463] Guinea K000010699 No
Sep 1, 1969 Jaeger, P. [2] Mali K000391969 Yes
Sep 1, 1969 Jaeger, P. [1] Mali K000391966 Yes
Sep 1, 1969 Barter [1042] Nigeria K000363315 Type Yes
Sep 1, 1969 Chevalier, A. [2468] Mali K000391965 Yes
Aké Assi, L. [9705] Cote d'Ivoire K002785714 Yes
{M. I'abbé Faurie} [4646] Japan K002963431 Yes
Ern, H.; Leuenberger, B.; Scholz, H.; Scholz, U.; Schwarz, W. [1635] Togo K002785715 Yes
Forrest, G. [18524] China K002963428 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L. & Vollesen, K. [8543] Zambia K001567780 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Saldanha, C. [18062] India K002963672 Yes
Wightman, N.; Kabinda, I. [NCW611] Zambia K001870050 Yes
Aké Assi, L. [8264] Cote d'Ivoire K002785713 Yes
Nelmes, K.B. [1956] Mali K000391967 Yes
Davey, J.T. [366] Mali K000391964 Yes
Gardner [952] Sri Lanka K002963669 Yes
Faurie, P. [1861] Japan K002963432 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [4235] India K002963665 Yes
Bourne [2958] India K002963668 Yes
Raynal, J. [7695] Senegal K002785709 Yes
Bourne [2958] India K002963671 Yes
Bourne [2958] India K002963670 Yes
Gardner [s.n.] Sri Lanka K002963667 Yes
Fabre, E. [s.n.] China K002963429 Yes
Rottler, J.P. [s.n.] India K000960232 Type Yes
Faurie, P. [13628] Japan K002963430 Yes
A. Mano[umary] [147] India K002963666 Yes
Koyama, T.M. [74] Japan K002963434 Yes

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    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0