Scleria

Translingual

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Etymology

Ancient Greek σκληρός (sklērós, “hard, stiff, cruel”) or Ancient Greek σκληρία (sklēría, “hardness”), in reference to the hard seeds or in reference to the use of bundles of the plant to whip slaves in Surinam.

Proper noun

Scleria f

A taxonomic genus within the family Cyperaceae – the nutrushes. [from 1765]

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids – clades; Poales – order; Cyperaceae - family; Cyperoideae - subfamily; Sclerieae - tribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Scleria flagellum-nigrorum - type species

References

Scleria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Scleria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Scleria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Scleria at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Scleria at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Scleria at USDA Plants database
Scleria at Germplasm Resources Information Network
Scleria at Tropicos
Scleria at The Plant List