Scleria
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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
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cyperaceae – the nutrushes.
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
