Cyperaceae taxon details
Scleria levis Retz.
1681727 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1681727)
accepted
Species
Carex laevis (Retz.) J.F.Gmel. · unaccepted
Scleria alata Moon · unaccepted
Scleria alta Boeckeler · unaccepted
Scleria bulusanensis Elmer · unaccepted
Scleria dietrichiae Boeckeler · unaccepted
Scleria hebecarpa Nees · unaccepted
Scleria hebecarpa var. pubescens (Steud.) C.B.Clarke · unaccepted
Scleria japonica Steud. · unaccepted
Scleria levis f. villosa Valck.Sur. · unaccepted
Scleria levis var. pubescens (Steud.) C.Z.Zheng · unaccepted
Scleria melanosperma Nees & Arn. ex Boeckeler · unaccepted
Scleria pubescens Steud. · unaccepted
Scleria sumatrensis var. pubescens Miq. · unaccepted
Scleria vestita Boeckeler · unaccepted
Scleria villosula Wall. · unaccepted
Scleria wichurai Boeckeler · unaccepted
Scleria zeylanica Poir. · unaccepted
- Forma Scleria levis f. villosa Valck.Sur. accepted as Scleria levis Retz.
- Variety Scleria levis var. pubescens (Steud.) C.Z.Zheng accepted as Scleria levis Retz.
- Variety Scleria levis var. scaberrima Benth. accepted as Scleria tonkinensis C.B.Clarke
terrestrial
Not documented
Description Perennials, stoloniferous. Rhizomes woody, covered with purple scales. Culms laxly tufted or scattered, 70-90 cm tall, 3-5...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Observ. Bot. 4: 13 1786 to Observ. Bot. 4: 13 (1786), information...
Description Perennials, stoloniferous. Rhizomes woody, covered with purple scales. Culms laxly tufted or scattered, 70-90 cm tall, 3-5 mm wide, 3-angled, scabrous, pubescent. Leaf sheath 1-8 cm, papery; sheath of leaves at culm base brown, not winged; sheaths on apical half of culm green, wing 1-3 mm wide; contraligule nearly semicircular, short, barbate; leaf blade linear, ca. 30 cm × 7-10 mm. Involucral bracts leaflike, basalmost to 13 cm; bractlets setaceous, auriculate at base, auricles barbate. Inflorescences paniculate, with 1 or 2 lateral branches; branches 3-8 × 1.5-3 cm. Spikelets 1 or 2 in a cluster, brown, unisexual, sessile, ca. 3 mm. Male spikelets narrowly ovoid to oblong-ovoid; glumes 1.5-3 mm, keeled, thickly membranous. Female spikelets usually at basal part of branch, narrowly ovoid; glumes oblong-ovate, broadly ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, keeled, with rust-colored short lines. Male flowers: stamens 3; anthers linear, ca. 1.3 mm. Female flowers: stigmas 3. Disk pale yellow, slightly narrower than nutlet, deeply 3-lobed; lobes lanceolate-triangular, margin reflexed. Nutlet white, spherical to ovoid, ca. 2 mm in diam., bluntly 3-sided, ± smooth to rugulose, apex tipped. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Observ. Bot. 4: 13 1786 to Observ. Bot. 4: 13 (1786), information...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Observ. Bot. 4: 13 1786 to Observ. Bot. 4: 13 (1786), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Scleria levis Retz.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1681727 on 2025-09-11
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
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additional source
Li, B. Z.; Zhang, S. R. (2024). An updated species checklist and taxonomic synopsis of Cyperaceae in China. <em>Biodiversity Science.</em> 32(7): 24106., available online at https://doi.org/10.17520/biods.2024106 [details] Available for editors 
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Description Perennials, stoloniferous. Rhizomes woody, covered with purple scales. Culms laxly tufted or scattered, 70-90 cm tall, 3-5 mm wide, 3-angled, scabrous, pubescent. Leaf sheath 1-8 cm, papery; sheath of leaves at culm base brown, not winged; sheaths on apical half of culm green, wing 1-3 mm wide; contraligule nearly semicircular, short, barbate; leaf blade linear, ca. 30 cm × 7-10 mm. Involucral bracts leaflike, basalmost to 13 cm; bractlets setaceous, auriculate at base, auricles barbate. Inflorescences paniculate, with 1 or 2 lateral branches; branches 3-8 × 1.5-3 cm. Spikelets 1 or 2 in a cluster, brown, unisexual, sessile, ca. 3 mm. Male spikelets narrowly ovoid to oblong-ovoid; glumes 1.5-3 mm, keeled, thickly membranous. Female spikelets usually at basal part of branch, narrowly ovoid; glumes oblong-ovate, broadly ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, keeled, with rust-colored short lines. Male flowers: stamens 3; anthers linear, ca. 1.3 mm. Female flowers: stigmas 3. Disk pale yellow, slightly narrower than nutlet, deeply 3-lobed; lobes lanceolate-triangular, margin reflexed. Nutlet white, spherical to ovoid, ca. 2 mm in diam., bluntly 3-sided, ± smooth to rugulose, apex tipped. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Observ. Bot. 4: 13 1786 to Observ. Bot. 4: 13 (1786), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Scleria bulusanensis Elmer)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Scleria melanosperma Nees & Arn. ex Boeckeler)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Scleria alata Moon)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Scleria japonica Steud.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Scleria pubescens Steud.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Scleria dietrichiae Boeckeler)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Scleria zeylanica Poir.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Scleria wichurai Boeckeler)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (59 publications) (from synonym Scleria hebecarpa Nees)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Scleria vestita Boeckeler)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (73 publications) (from synonym Carex laevis (Retz.) J.F.Gmel.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Scleria alta Boeckeler)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scleria levis)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria alata Moon)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria alta Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria bulusanensis Elmer)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria dietrichiae Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria melanosperma Nees & Arn. ex Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria pubescens Steud.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria hebecarpa Nees)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria japonica Steud.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria zeylanica Poir.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex laevis (Retz.) J.F.Gmel.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria levis var. pubescens (Steud.) C.Z.Zheng)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria sumatrensis var. pubescens Miq.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria villosula Wall.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria vestita Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria wichurai Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria hebecarpa var. pubescens (Steud.) C.B.Clarke)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria zeylanica var. angustifolia Thwaites ex Boeckeler)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria alata Moon)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria alta Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria dietrichiae Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria bulusanensis Elmer)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria melanosperma Nees & Arn. ex Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria japonica Steud.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria hebecarpa Nees)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria pubescens Steud.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria villosula Wall.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria vestita Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria levis f. villosa Valck.Sur.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria zeylanica var. angustifolia Thwaites ex Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria wichurai Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria zeylanica Poir.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex laevis (Retz.) J.F.Gmel.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria hebecarpa var. pubescens (Steud.) C.B.Clarke)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria sumatrensis var. pubescens Miq.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria levis var. pubescens (Steud.) C.Z.Zheng)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Scleria melanosperma Nees & Arn. ex Boeckeler)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Scleria alata Moon)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Scleria japonica Steud.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Scleria pubescens Steud.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Scleria dietrichiae Boeckeler)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Scleria zeylanica Poir.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Scleria wichurai Boeckeler)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (59 publications) (from synonym Scleria hebecarpa Nees)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Scleria vestita Boeckeler)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (73 publications) (from synonym Carex laevis (Retz.) J.F.Gmel.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Scleria alta Boeckeler)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scleria levis)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria alata Moon)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria alta Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria bulusanensis Elmer)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria dietrichiae Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria melanosperma Nees & Arn. ex Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria pubescens Steud.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria hebecarpa Nees)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria japonica Steud.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria zeylanica Poir.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex laevis (Retz.) J.F.Gmel.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria levis var. pubescens (Steud.) C.Z.Zheng)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria sumatrensis var. pubescens Miq.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria villosula Wall.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria vestita Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria wichurai Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria hebecarpa var. pubescens (Steud.) C.B.Clarke)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Scleria zeylanica var. angustifolia Thwaites ex Boeckeler)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria alata Moon)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria alta Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria dietrichiae Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria bulusanensis Elmer)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria melanosperma Nees & Arn. ex Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria japonica Steud.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria hebecarpa Nees)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria pubescens Steud.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria villosula Wall.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria vestita Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria levis f. villosa Valck.Sur.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria zeylanica var. angustifolia Thwaites ex Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria wichurai Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria zeylanica Poir.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex laevis (Retz.) J.F.Gmel.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria hebecarpa var. pubescens (Steud.) C.B.Clarke)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria sumatrensis var. pubescens Miq.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Scleria levis var. pubescens (Steud.) C.Z.Zheng)
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