Scleria amazonica

Scleria amazonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Scleria
Species:	S. amazonica
Binomial name
	Scleria amazonica; Camelb., M.T. Strong & Goetgh.

Scleria amazonica is a plant species native to the State of Amazonas in southern Venezuela.^[1]

Scleria amazonica is a perennial herb spreading by means of underground rhizomes. Stem is triangular in cross-section, up to 120 cm tall. Leaves are up to 45 cm long, with a V-shaped ligule of dense hairs. Inflorescences unisexual, in a paniculate arrangement, up to 46 cm long. Achenes have a course network of raised decorations on the surface.^[2]^[3]

References[]

^ Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584.
^ Camelbeke, K., M. T. Strong & P. Goetghebeur. 1997. Scleria amazonica, a new species of Scleria section Scleria (Cyperaceae) from Venezuela. Novon 7(2): 98–101.
^ Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–860. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas.

[1] Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584.

[2] Camelbeke, K., M. T. Strong & P. Goetghebeur. 1997. Scleria amazonica, a new species of Scleria section Scleria (Cyperaceae) from Venezuela. Novon 7(2): 98–101.

[3] Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–860. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas.

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