Scleria

Translingual

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

1. 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