Scleria microcarpa Nees

Tropical nutrush (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Scleria

Characteristics

Plants stout, with horizontal rhizomes, about 1 m. high; leaves 20-30 cm. long, 8-11 mm. wide, the sheaths narrowly 3-winged; panicles narrow, 20-50 cm. long; hypogynium-margin more or.less densely white-ciliate or ciliolate; achene 1-2 mm. long, exceeding the scales, ellipsoid-ovoid, smooth, white, shining, tipped by the more or less persistent style-base.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system rhizome
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Scleria microcarpa world distribution map, present in Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Suriname, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Scleria microcarpa threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:314875-1
WFO ID wfo-0000551793
COL ID 4VNVW
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 630626
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Synonyms

Scleria foliosa Scleria microcarpa Ophryoscleria microcarpa Scleria microcarpa var. foliosa Scleria microcarpa var. sub-eggersiana