Scleria latifoliaSw.

WFO wfo-0000551057 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Scleria latifolia, photographed by Fernando Sessegolo
fig. a Fernando Sessegolo, CC0 1.0 / 2021-09-18 / obs. 158902517
Scleria latifolia, photographed by Eric Knight
fig. b Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 968842
Scleria latifolia, photographed by Eric Knight
fig. c Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 968843

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Native range 28 botanical countries

Regions where Scleria latifolia is native: Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Argentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. Mexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestArgentina NortheastBelizeBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaCosta RicaEcuadorFrench GuianaGuatemalaGuyanaHondurasJamaicaNicaraguaPanamáParaguayPeruSurinameTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela Leeward Is.Venezuelan AntillesWindward Is.
Native distribution of Scleria latifolia, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Belize BLZ
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Ecuador ECU
French Guiana FRG
Guatemala GUA
Guyana GUY
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Leeward Is. LEE
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER
Suriname SUR
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN
Venezuelan Antilles VNA
Windward Is. WIN
Mexico Southeast MXT NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 22 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Carex latifolia (Sw.) J.F.Gmel.
  • Schizolepis arundinacea (Kunth) Palla
  • Schizolepis latifolia (Sw.) Nees
  • Schizolepis olyroides (Kunth) Nees
  • Schizolepis rufescens Schrad. ex Nees
  • Schizolepis sylvestris (Poepp. & Kunth) Nees
  • Schizolepis trigonocarpa Nees
  • Schizolepis trigonocarpa var. plena Nees
  • Scleria arundinacea Kunth
  • Scleria cyanocarpa Kunth
  • Scleria grandifolia Miq.
  • Scleria kappleriana Hochst. ex Steud.
  • Scleria lacunosa Boeckeler
  • Scleria latifolia Nees
  • Scleria latifolia var. arundinacea (Kunth) H.Pfeiff.
  • Scleria latifolia var. latifolia
  • Scleria loefgreniana Boeckeler
  • Scleria nervosa Wikstr.
  • Scleria olyroides Kunth
  • Scleria sylvestris Poepp. & Kunth
  • Scleria trigonocarpa Steud.
  • Scleria trilobata Raddi

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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