Scleria venezuelensis C.B.Clarke

• Authority

  Maguire, Bassett. 1965. The Botany of the Guayana Highland. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 12 (3): 1-285.

• Family

  Cyperaceae

• Scientific Name

  Scleria venezuelensis C.B.Clarke

• Type

  Type locality. Piedra Arauicaua, Rio Yatua, alt. 120-200 m, Casiquiare, Territorio Amazonas, 3 Feb 1954, Bassett Maguire, John J. Wurdack, d George S. Bunting 37465 (NY, holotype). Paratype. Piedra Tururumeri, alt. 110-220 m, Casiquiare, Territorio Amazonas, 4 Feb 1954, Maguire, Wurdack, d Bunting 37513 (NY).

• Description

  
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  Latin Diagnosis - Rhizomate non vidi; culmo 2-3 m alto, robusto, triquetro; foliis 20-40 cm longis, 2-4 cm latis, rigidis, supra scabris, cucullatis; vaginis glabris, triquetris, amplis; contra-ligula abbreviata, rotundata; paniculis 8-15 cm longis, purpurascentibus, laxis; bracteis foliaceis; spieulis masculis longe pedicellatis, numerosis; spieulis foemineis panels, in ramorum basi subsessilibus; squamis masculis anguste mucronatis; squamis foemeneis ovatis; hypogynio sine lobis; achaenio albo, 2 mm longo, tuberculato, hirtello, obtuse trigono. Scleriae grandis proxime affinis.