Cyperaceae
Scleria

Scleria welwitschii C.B.Clarke

First published in T.A.Durand & H.Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 675 (1894)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. & SW. Tanzania to S. Africa. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • C.B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. 5: 675 (1894).
  • Clarke in F.T.A. 8: 501 (1902).
  • Gordon-Gray in Strelitzia 2: 186, fig.85 (1995).
  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 334, fig.686 (1983).
  • Hennessy in Bothalia 15: 517 (1985).
  • Napper in J. E. Africa Nat. Hist. Soc. Coryndon Mus. 24(109): 30 (1964).
  • Nelmes in Kew Bull. 10: 423 (1955).
  • Robinson in Kew Bull. 18: 506 (1966).
  • Verdcourt in F.T.E.A., Cyperaceae: 388 (2010).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Browning, J. & al. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 14: 1-455. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. 5: 675 (1895)
  • F.T.A. 8: 501 (1902)
  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 334, fig. 686 (1983)
  • Journ. E. Afr. Nat. Hist. Soc. 24 (109): 30 (1964)
  • K.B. 10: 423 (1955)
  • K.B. 18: 506 (1966)
  • Rendle, Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 2: 133 (1899)
  • Strelitzia 2: 186, fig. 85A (1955).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. & Bidgood, S. [9782] Zambia K001567763 Yes
Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. & Bidgood, S. [9682] Zambia K001567761 Yes
Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. & Bidgood, S. [9682] Zambia K001567762 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [4885] Tanzania K002787106 Yes
{Wingfield} [767] Tanzania K002787107 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0