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Internal ID UUID64400abc5fcb4260579373
Scientific name Scleria bracteata
Authority Cav.
First published in Icon. 5: 34 (1799)

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Scleria bracteata is a perennial climber with long, creeping stems. Its leaves are linear and up to 10 cm long. The flowers are small and greenish-brown, and are borne in clusters. The fruits are small, nut-like, and covered with a bract.

Scleria bracteata is a species of plant in the family Cyperaceae, found in Mexico, Central America, and tropical South America. It is a perennial climber with long, creeping stems and linear leaves up to 10 cm long. The flowers are small and greenish-brown, and the fruits are small, nut-like, and covered with a bract. It is considered a species of least concern on the IUCN Red List due to its broad range and habitat in wet forest, bush savanna, and riparian areas.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Macrolomia bracteata Schrad. ex Nees Fl. Bras. 2(1): 182 (1842)
Scleria floribunda Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 233 (1816)
Scleria papillata Willd. ex Kunth Enum. Pl. 2: 345 (1837)
Scleria bracteata var. floribunda (Kunth) H.Pfeiff. Revista Sudamer. Bot. 5: 173 (1938)
Scleria bracteata f. simplicior Kük. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 253 (1929)
Scleria bracteata f. supra-gynaecea H.Pfeiff. Revista Sudamer. Bot. 5: 174 (1938)
Scleria rigens Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 171 1855
Scleria bracteata var. supra-gynacea J.Pfeiff. 5: 174 174 1938
Scleria bracteata f. supragynacea H.Pfeiff. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 52(2): 169 1943

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English bracted nutrush

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- Extinct
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- Native
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil Southeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Caribbean
      • Trinidad-Tobago
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Costa Rica
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Paraguay
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000548676
USDA Plants SCBR6
Tropicos 9900848
INPN 731847
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:314601-1
The Plant List kew-265222
Open Tree Of Life 3957476
NCBI Taxonomy 1735483
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0200003095
IUCN Red List 44392408
IPNI 314601-1
iNaturalist 141083
GBIF 2712430
Freebase /m/010vw_67
EPPO SCLBR
EOL 251746
Wikipedia Scleria_bracteata

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