Scleria

Translingual edit

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Etymology edit

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 edit

Scleria f

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

Hypernyms edit

(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 edit

(genus): Scleria flagellum-nigrorum - type species

References edit

Scleria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Scleria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Scleria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Scleria at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Scleria at Encyclopedia of Life
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