A Chronology of Middle Missouri Plains Village Sites

296 • smithsonian contributions to botany
Scleria dictyocarpa Griseb. = Scleria muehlenbergii Steud.
Scleria distans Poir. in J.B.A.P.M. de Lamarck, Encycl. 7: 4. 1806.
Lectotype: Puerto Rico. Ledrú 110 (P; Isolectotype: P), designated
by J. Raynal, Adansonia, ser. 2. 16: 216. 1976.
Scleria hirtella of many authors, non Swartz
Scleria nutans Willd. ex Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 351. 1837. Type:
Venezuela. Humboldt s.n. (Holotype: B-Willd. 17336; Isotypes:
HAL, P-HBK).
Distribution: Native to Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
(St. Thomas), Lesser Antilles (Guadeloupe), Margarita, Trinidad,
southeastern United States, Mexico, Central America, South
America, and Africa.
References: 3, 5, 28, 30, 61, 124, 147, 301, 323.
Scleria doradoensis Britton = Scleria hirtella Sw.
Scleria eggersiana Boeckeler, Beitr. Cyper. 2: 41. 1890. Type: Cuba.
Eggers s.n. (Holotype: B †; Isotype: C).
Scleria grisebachii C.B. Clarke in I. Urban, Symb. Antill. 2: 150. 1900.
Lectotype: Martinique. Duss 445 (NY), designated by Strong &
Acevedo, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 52: 372. 2005.
Scleria microcarpa Nees ex Kunth var. latifolia Boeckeler, Linnaea 38:
517. 1874. Type: Guadeloupe. Coll. ign. (Holotype: B †).
Scleria mitis sensu Grisebach, Fl. Brit. W. I. 578. 1864, non P.J. Bergius,
1765.
Distribution: Native to Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico,
Lesser Antilles (Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Marie Galante,
Martinique), Tobago, Trinidad, Mexico, Central America, and
South America.
Common Names: Cortadera, Cortadora, Cortadora de altura,
Lambedora (Puerto Rico).
References: 1, 2, 3, 5, 28, 30, 61, 301.
Scleria elata C. Wright = Scleria wrightiana Boeckeler
Scleria elliottii Chapm. = Scleria ciliata Michx. var. elliottii (Chapm.)
Fernald
Scleria filiformis Sw. = Scleria lithosperma (L.) Sw.
Scleria flagellum (J.F. Gmel.) Sw. = Scleria secans (L.) Urb.
Scleria foliosa C. Wright = Scleria microcarpa Nees ex Kunth
Scleria gaertneri Raddi, Atti Reale Accad. Lucchese Sci. 2: 331. 1823.
Scleria melaleuca Rchb. ex Schltdl. & Cham., Linnaea 6: 29. 1831.
Type: Surinam. Weigelt s.n. (Holotype: G; Isotypes: F, G, HAL).
Schoenus latifolius Vahl, Enum. Pl. 2: 226. 1805. Type: Puerto Rico.
Ventenat s.n. (Holotype: C-Vahl).
Scleria mitis sensu Bello, Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 12: 124. 1883, non
P.J. Bergius
Scleria ottonis Boeckeler, Linnaea 38: 490. 1874. Type: Cuba. Otto 299
(Holotype: B †).
Scleria pratensis Lindl. ex Nees in Martius, Fl. Bras. 2(1): 179. 1842.
Type: Brazil. Macrae s.n. (Holotype: probably at CGE).
Scleria pterota C. Presl in Oken, Isis 21: 268. 1828, nom. nud.
Scleria scindens Nees ex Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 343. 1837. Type:
Martinique. Sieber 269 (Holotype: probably at AWH; Isotype: K).
Distribution: Native to Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico,
Virgin Islands (St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola), Lesser
Antilles (Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe,
Martinique, Montserrat, Nevis, Saba, St. Kitts, St. Lucia), Tobago,
Trinidad, Mexico, Central America, South America, Africa, and
Madagascar.
Common Names: Cortadera (Dominican Republic), Z’herbe rasoir
(Haiti).
References: 1, 2, 3, 5, 28, 30, 32, 61, 147, 254, 301, 340, 634.
Scleria georgiana Core, Brittonia 1: 243. 1934; Scleria gracilis Elliott,
Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 2(6): 557. 1824, nom. illeg., non Richard,
1792. Type: United States. Georgia, Baldwin s.n. (Holotype:
CHARL; Isotype: NY).
Distribution: Native to Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico,
southeastern United States, and Central America.
References: 2, 3, 28, 147.
Scleria gracilis Elliott = Scleria georgiana Core
Scleria grisebachii C.B. Clarke = Scleria eggersiana Boeckeler
Scleria havanensis Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42: 492. 1915. Type:
Cuba. Habana, Loma de la Coca, León 4731 (Holotype: NY;
Isotype: HAC).
Distribution: Endemic to Greater Antilles; native to Cuba, Hispaniola,
and Puerto Rico.
References: 3, 28, 147, 320.
Scleria hemitaphra Steud. = Scleria muehlenbergii Steud.
Scleria hirtella Sw., Prodr. 19. 1788, subsp. hirtella. Type: Jamaica.
Swartz s.n. (Holotype: BM; Isotypes: B, M, S-Sw.).
Scleria doradoensis Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 50: 55. 1923. Type:
Puerto Rico. N.L. Britton et al. 7064 (Holotype: NY; Isotypes:
UPR, US).
Scleria hirtella Sw. var. glabrescens Boeckeler, Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk
Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1869: 151. 1869. Syntypes: Brazil.
Lagoa Santa, Warming s.n. (B †); Sorocaba and Hytú, Lund s.n.
(B †).
Scleria hirtella Sw. var. pauciciliata Britton, Ann. New York Acad. Sci.
3: 236. 1885. Type: Cuba. C. Wright 3418 (in part) (Holotype:
GH).
Distribution: Native to Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Lesser
Antilles (Guadeloupe), Margarita, Trinidad, southeastern United
States, Mexico, Central America, South America, tropical Africa,
and Madagascar.
Common Name: Caramaná (Dominican Republic).
References: 1, 2, 3, 5, 28, 30, 61, 147, 156, 301, 323.
Scleria hirtella Sw. subsp. interrupta (Rich.) M.T. Strong, comb. & stat.
nov.; Scleria interrupta Rich., Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 112.
1792. Type: French Guiana. LeBlonde s.n. (Holotype: P; Isotypes:
B, P).
Scleria pinetorum Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42: 492. 1915. Type:
Cuba. Wilson 1724 (Holotype: NY).
Distribution: Native to Cuba, Hispaniola, Mexico, Central America,
South America, and Africa.
References: 3, 5, 147, 149.
Scleria hirtella Sw. var. glabrescens Boeckeler = Scleria hirtella Sw.
subsp. hirtella
Scleria hirtella Sw. var. pauciciliata Britton = Scleria hirtella Sw. subsp.
hirtella
Scleria interrupta Rich. = Scleria hirtella Sw. subsp. interrupta (Rich.)
M.T. Strong
Scleria krugiana Boeckeler = Scleria lithosperma (L.) Sw.
Scleria lacustris C. Wright in F.A. Sauvalle, Anales Acad. Ci. Méd.
Habana 8: 152. 1871. Lectotype: Cuba. Pinar del Rio, C. Wright
s.n. (K; Isolectotypes: GH, NY, S, US), designated by E.A.
Robinson, Kew Bull. 18(3): 517. 1966.
Distribution: Native to Cuba, Central America (Costa Rica), South
America, south Africa, and Madagascar; exotic in United States (FL).
Common Name: Cañuela (Cuba).
References: 3, 147, 149, 350.
Note: cited by 147 for Jamaica, but we have found no bibliographical
or specimen records to confirm its occurrence there.
Scleria latifolia Sw., Prodr. 18. 1788. Type: Jamaica. Swartz s.n.
(Holotype: S-Sw.).