Scleria bracteata

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cyperaceae
Subfamilia: Cyperoideae
Tribus: Sclerieae
Genus: Scleria
Species:

Scleria bracteata Cav., 1799

Homotypic
- Macrolomia bracteata (Cav.) Schrad. ex Nees in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(1): 182 (1842)
Heterotypic
- Scleria bracteata var. floribunda (Kunth) H.Pfeiff. in Revista Sudamer. Bot. 5: 173 (1938)
- Scleria bracteata f. simplicior Kük. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 253 (1929)
- Scleria bracteata f. supra-gynaecea H.Pfeiff. in Revista Sudamer. Bot. 5: 174 (1938)
- Scleria floribunda Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 233 (1816)
- Scleria papillata Willd. ex Kunth in Enum. Pl. 2: 345 (1837)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Paraguay
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest

Cavanilles, A.J. 1799. Icones et descriptiones plantarum, quae aut sponte in Hispania crescunt, aut in hortis hospitantur. Vol. V, 82 pp. 401–500bis pl. Ex Regia Typographia, Matriti [Madrid]. Biblioteca Digital. Reference page. : 5: 34

Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Idárraga-Piedrahita, Á., Ortiz, R. del C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares, Vol. 2. Listado de las Plantas Vasculares del Departamento de Antioquia. Programa Expedición Antioquia 2013. Series Biodiversidad y Recursos Naturales. 939 pp. Medellín: Universidad de Antioquia, Missouri Botanical Garden y Oficina de Planeación Departamental de la Gobernación de Antioquia. ISBN 978-958-8709-61-1 PDF ResearchGate Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Scleria bracteata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 June 17. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Scleria bracteata. Published online. Accessed: June 17 2025. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Scleria bracteata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 June 2025. Reference page.