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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Scleria

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Poales > Family: Cyperaceae

About 250 species (tropical and subtropical regions), with 32 native to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI) and Flora of Zimbabwe.

Scleria achtenii

 

Scleria angusta

 

Scleria aterrima

 

Scleria bambariensis

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Scleria bulbifera

Scleria calcicola

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Scleria dieterlenii

 

Scleria distans

 

Scleria dregeana

 

Scleria flexuosa

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Scleria foliosa

 

Scleria greigiifolia

 

Scleria lacustris

 

Scleria lagoensis

 

Scleria longispiculata

 

Scleria melanomphala

 

Scleria natalensis

 

Scleria nyasensis

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Scleria pachyrrhyncha

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Scleria paupercula

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Scleria pergracilis

 

Scleria poiformis

 

Scleria pooides

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Scleria racemosa

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Scleria rehmannii

 

Scleria schimperiana

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Scleria sobolifer

 

Scleria transvaalensis

 

Scleria unguiculata

 

Scleria veseyfitzgeraldii

 

Scleria welwitschii

 

Scleria woodii