List of Scleria species

The Plant List recognises about 266 accepted taxa (of species and infraspecific names) in the plant genus Scleria.

As of December 2023, Plants of the World Online recognises 255 accepted species in this genus.

Species
This list is compiled from The Plant List, Germplasm Resources Information Network, Integrated Taxonomic Information System and Flora of China.




 * Scleria abortiva
 * Scleria acanthocarpa
 * Scleria achtenii
 * Scleria adpressohirta
 * Scleria afroreflexa
 * Scleria alpina
 * Scleria amazonica
 * Scleria anceps
 * Scleria andringitrensis
 * Scleria angusta
 * Scleria angustifolia
 * Scleria annularis
 * Scleria anomala
 * Scleria arcuata
 * Scleria arguta
 * Scleria aromatica
 * Scleria assamica
 * Scleria atroglumis
 * Scleria balansae
 * Scleria baldwinii – Baldwin's nutrush
 * Scleria bambariensis
 * Scleria bancana – winged scleria
 * Scleria baroni-clarkei
 * Scleria baronii
 * Scleria barteri
 * Scleria benthamii
 * Scleria bequaertii
 * Scleria bicolor
 * Scleria biflora
 * Scleria boivinii
 * Scleria boniana
 * Scleria borii
 * Scleria bourgeaui – Bourgeau's nutrush
 * Scleria bracteata – bracted nutrush
 * Scleria bradei
 * Scleria brownii
 * Scleria buekiana
 * Scleria buettneri
 * Scleria bulbifera
 * Scleria burchellii
 * Scleria calcicola
 * Scleria camaratensis
 * Scleria canescens
 * Scleria carphiformis
 * Scleria castanea
 * Scleria catharinensis
 * Scleria catophylla
 * Scleria chevalieri
 * Scleria chlorocalyx
 * Scleria ciliaris
 * Scleria ciliata – fringed nutrush
 * var. elliottii
 * var. glabra
 * Scleria clarkei
 * Scleria clathrata
 * Scleria cochinchinensis
 * Scleria colorata
 * Scleria comosa
 * Scleria complanata
 * Scleria composita
 * Scleria corymbosa
 * Scleria cubensis – Cuban nutrush
 * Scleria curtissii – Curtiss' nutrush
 * Scleria cuyabensis
 * Scleria cyathophora
 * Scleria cyperina
 * Scleria delicatula
 * Scleria densispicata
 * Scleria depauperata
 * Scleria depressa
 * Scleria distans – riverswamp nutrush
 * var. chondrocarpa
 * var. glomerulata
 * Scleria dregeana
 * Scleria dulungensis
 * Scleria eggersiana – Eggers' nutrush
 * Scleria elongatissima
 * Scleria erythrorrhiza
 * Scleria fauriei
 * Scleria filiculmis
 * Scleria flagellum-nigrorum
 * Scleria flexuosa
 * Scleria foliosa
 * Scleria foveolata
 * Scleria fulvipilosa
 * Scleria gaertneri
 * Scleria georgiana – slenderfruit nutrush
 * Scleria glabra
 * Scleria globonux
 * Scleria goosenii
 * Scleria goossensii
 * Scleria gracillima
 * Scleria greigiifolia
 * Scleria guineensis
 * Scleria harlandii
 * Scleria havanensis – Havana nutrush
 * Scleria hildebrandtii
 * Scleria hilsenbergii
 * Scleria hirta
 * Scleria hirtella – riverswamp nutrush
 * Scleria hispidior
 * Scleria hispidula
 * Scleria hookeriana
 * Scleria huberi
 * Scleria induta
 * Scleria interrupta
 * Scleria iostephana
 * Scleria jiangchengensis
 * Scleria junghuhniana
 * Scleria kerrii
 * Scleria khasiana
 * Scleria killipiana
 * Scleria kindtiana
 * Scleria lacustris – lakeshore nutrush
 * Scleria laevis – smooth scleria
 * Scleria lagoensis
 * Scleria latifolia
 * Scleria laxa
 * Scleria laxiflora
 * Scleria leptostachya
 * Scleria levis
 * Scleria lingulata
 * Scleria lithosperma – Florida Keys nutrush
 * var. linearis
 * subsp. linearis
 * subsp. lithosperma
 * Scleria longispiculata
 * Scleria lucentinigricans
 * Scleria macbrideana
 * Scleria mackaviensis
 * Scleria macrogyne
 * Scleria macrolomioides
 * Scleria macrophylla
 * Scleria madagascariensis
 * Scleria martii
 * Scleria melaleuca
 * Scleria melanomphala
 * Scleria melanotricha
 * Scleria melicoides
 * Scleria microcarpa – tropical nutrush
 * Scleria mikawana
 * Scleria millespicula
 * Scleria minima
 * Scleria minor – slender nutrush
 * Scleria mitis – cortadora
 * Scleria monticola
 * Scleria motemboensis
 * Scleria motleyi
 * subsp. rostrata
 * Scleria mucronata
 * Scleria muehlenbergii – Muehlenberg's nutrush
 * Scleria multilacunosa
 * Scleria mutoensis
 * Scleria myricocarpa
 * Scleria natalensis
 * Scleria naumanniana
 * Scleria neesii
 * Scleria neocaledonica
 * Scleria neogranatensis
 * Scleria novae-hollandiae
 * Scleria nyasensis
 * Scleria oblata
 * Scleria obtusa
 * Scleria oligantha – littlehead nutrush
 * Scleria oligochondra
 * Scleria orchardii
 * Scleria ovinux
 * Scleria pachyrrhyncha
 * Scleria panicoides
 * Scleria papuana
 * Scleria parallella
 * Scleria parvula
 * Scleria patula
 * Scleria pauciflora – fewflower nutrush
 * var. caroliniana
 * var. curtissii
 * Scleria paupercula
 * Scleria pergracilis
 * Scleria pernambucana
 * Scleria perpusilla
 * Scleria pilosa
 * Scleria pilosissima
 * Scleria plusiophylla
 * Scleria poeppigii
 * Scleria poiformis
 * Scleria poklei
 * Scleria polycarpa
 * Scleria polyrrhiza
 * Scleria pooides
 * Scleria porphyrocarpa
 * Scleria procumbens
 * Scleria psilorrhiza
 * Scleria pulchella
 * Scleria purdiei – Purdie's nutrush
 * Scleria purpurascens
 * var. ophirensis
 * Scleria pusilla
 * Scleria racemosa
 * Scleria radula
 * Scleria ramosa
 * Scleria rehmannii
 * Scleria reticularis – reticulated nutrush, netted nutrush
 * Scleria richardsiae
 * Scleria robinsoniana
 * Scleria robusta
 * Scleria rugosa
 * Scleria rutenbergiana
 * Scleria scabra
 * Scleria scabriuscula – mosquito nutrush
 * Scleria scandens
 * Scleria schenckiana
 * Scleria schiedeana
 * Scleria schimperiana
 * Scleria schulzii
 * Scleria scindens – hairy nutrush
 * Scleria scrobiculata
 * Scleria secans – razor grass
 * Scleria sellowiana
 * Scleria setulosociliata
 * Scleria sheilae
 * Scleria sieberi
 * Scleria skutchii
 * Scleria sobolifer
 * Scleria sororia
 * Scleria sphacelata
 * Scleria sphaerocarpa
 * Scleria spicata
 * Scleria spiciformis
 * Scleria splitgerberiana
 * Scleria sprucei
 * Scleria staheliana
 * Scleria stenophylla
 * Scleria stereorrhiza
 * Scleria stipitata
 * Scleria stipularis
 * Scleria stocksiana
 * Scleria sumatrensis – Sumatran scleria
 * Scleria swamyi
 * Scleria sylvestris
 * Scleria tenacissima
 * Scleria tenella – fly nutrush
 * Scleria tepuiensis
 * Scleria terrestris
 * var. hookeriana
 * var. thomsoniana
 * Scleria tessellata
 * var. sphaerocarpa
 * Scleria testacea – Hawai'i nutrush
 * Scleria thwaitesiana
 * Scleria tonkinensis
 * Scleria transvaalensis
 * Scleria trialata
 * Scleria tricuspidata
 * Scleria triglomerata – whip nutrush
 * Scleria triquetra
 * Scleria tropicalis
 * Scleria tryonii
 * Scleria uleana
 * Scleria unguiculata
 * Scleria vaginata
 * Scleria valdemuricata
 * Scleria variegata
 * Scleria venezuelensis
 * Scleria verrucosa
 * Scleria verticillata – low nutrush
 * Scleria veseyfitzgeraldii
 * Scleria vichadensis
 * Scleria violacea
 * Scleria virgata
 * Scleria vogelii
 * Scleria warmingiana
 * Scleria welwitschii
 * Scleria williamsii
 * Scleria woodii
 * var. ornata
 * Scleria wrightiana
 * Scleria xerophila
 * Scleria zambesica