Scleria lithosperma

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Scleria lithosperma (L.) Sw., Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 18 (1788).

Basionym
- Scirpus lithospermus L., Sp. Pl.: 51 (1753).
Homotypic
- Hypoporum lithospermum (L.) Nees in R.Wight, Contr. Bot. India: 117 (1834).
- Scleria wightiana Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 176 (1855), nom. superfl.

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropics & Subtropics
- Andaman Is.; Angola; Assam; Bahamas; Bangladesh; Benin; Bolivia; Borneo; Brazil West-Central; Burkina; Caroline Is.; Cayman Is.; China South-Central; China Southeast; Comoros; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominican Republic; East Himalaya; Ethiopia; Fiji; Florida; French Guiana; Ghana; Guatemala; Hainan; Honduras; India; Ivory Coast; Jamaica; Jawa; Kenya; Leeward Is.; Lesser Sunda Is.; Louisiana; Madagascar; Malaya; Maluku; Marianas; Mexico Gulf; Mexico Northeast; Mexico Southeast; Mexico Southwest; Mozambique; Myanmar; New Guinea; Nicaragua; Nigeria; Northern Territory; Panama; Philippines; Puerto Rico; Queensland; Samoa; Sri Lanka; Sulawesi; Sumatera; Taiwan; Tanzania; Thailand; Togo; Tonga; Trinidad-Tobago; Turks-Caicos Is.; Venezuela; Venezuelan Antilles; Vietnam; Wallis-Futuna Is.; Windward Is.; Zambia; Zaire

Swartz, O. 1788. Nova genera & species plantarum seu Prodromus descriptionum vegetabilium, maximam partem incognitorum quae sub itinere in Indiam Occidentalem annis 1783–87 digessit Olof Swartz. M. D. X+152 pp., index. M.Swederi, Holmiae [Stockholm] etc. BHL Reference page. : 18

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Scleria lithosperma in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 27. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Scleria lithosperma. Published online. Accessed: Feb 27 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Scleria lithosperma in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 27. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Scleria lithosperma. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Feb 2020.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Scleria lithosperma in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

English: Florida Keys nutrush

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