Scleria secans

Taxonavigation

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

Scleria lacustris (L.) Urb., Symb. Antill. 2: 169 (1900).

Basionym
- Schoenus secans L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 865 (1759).
Heterotypic
- Carex flagellum J.F.Gmel., Syst. Nat. ed. 13[bis]: 138 (1791).
- Scleria flagellum (J.F.Gmel.) Sw., Fl. Ind. Occid. 1: 88 (1797).
- Scleria reflexa Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 232 (1816).
- Carex margaritifera Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 292 (1840).
- Mastigloscleria reflexa (Kunth) Nees in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(1): 177 (1842).
- Mastigloscleria reflexa var. styligera Nees in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(1): 178 (1842).
- Omoscleria flagellum (J.F.Gmel.) Nees in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(1): 180 (1842).
- Scleria renggeriana Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 173 (1855).
- Scleria flagellum Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. I.: 578 (1864), nom. illeg.
- Scleria reflexa var. surinamensis Boeckeler, Linnaea 38: 504 (1874).
- Scleria weigeltiana Schrad. ex Boeckeler, Linnaea 38: 504 (1874).
- Scleria stenophylla Core, Brittonia 1: 242 (1934).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- - Argentina Northeast; Belize; Bolivia; Brazil North; Brazil Northeast; Brazil South; Brazil Southeast; Brazil West-Central; Central American Pac; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; French Guiana; Guatemala; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Jamaica; Leeward Is.; Nicaragua; Panam; Paraguay; Peru; Puerto Rico; Suriname; Trinidad-Tobago; Venezuela; Windward Is.
Continental: Northern America
- - Mexico Gulf; Mexico Southeast; Mexico Southwest

Urban, I. (ed.) 1900–1901. Symbolae Antillanae seu Fundamenta Florae Indiae Occidentalis, Vol. II. Fratres Borntraeger, Lipsiae [Leipzig]; Paul Klincksieck, Parisiis [Paris]; Williams & Norgate, Londini [London]. BHL Reference page. : 2: 169.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Scleria secans 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 secans. Published online. Accessed: Feb 27 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Scleria secans 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 secans. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Feb 2020.

English: razor grass

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