Scleria levisRetz.

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WFO wfo-0000551175 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Scleria levis, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. a Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-04-17 / obs. 188696576
Scleria levis, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. b Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 187459178
Scleria levis, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. c Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 179104719
Scleria levis, photographed by Samuel Lee
fig. d Samuel Lee, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 176897674
Scleria levis, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. e Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 155620024
Scleria levis, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. f Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 188227100
Scleria levis, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. g Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 118833812
Scleria levis, photographed by elawrey
fig. h elawrey, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 102998680

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Native range 33 botanical countries

Regions where Scleria levis is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Japan, Nansei-shoto, Ogasawara-shoto, Taiwan, Tibet, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, New South Wales, Queensland, Caroline Is., New Caledonia China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanJapanTaiwanTibetAssamBangladeshBorneoCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarNepalNew GuineaPhilippinesSri LankaSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnamNew South WalesQueenslandNew Caledonia Nansei-shotoAndaman Is.Caroline Is.
Native distribution of Scleria levis, 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
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Assam ASS
Bangladesh BAN
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
New Guinea NWG
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Japan JAP
Nansei-shoto NNS
Ogasawara-shoto OGA
Taiwan TAI
Tibet CHT
New South Wales NSW AUSTRALASIA
Queensland QLD
Caroline Is. CRL PACIFIC
New Caledonia NWC

Not drawn on the map: Ogasawara-shoto. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

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 19 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 laevis (Retz.) J.F.Gmel.
  • Juncus zeilanicus Houtt.
  • Scleria alata Moon
  • Scleria alta Boeckeler
  • Scleria bulusanensis Elmer
  • Scleria dietrichiae Boeckeler
  • Scleria hebecarpa Nees
  • Scleria hebecarpa var. pubescens (Steud.) C.B.Clarke
  • Scleria japonica Steud.
  • Scleria levis f. villosa Valck.Sur.
  • Scleria levis var. pubescens (Steud.) C.Z.Zheng
  • Scleria melanosperma Nees & Arn. ex Boeckeler
  • Scleria pubescens Steud.
  • Scleria sumatrensis var. pubescens Miq.
  • Scleria vestita Boeckeler
  • Scleria villosula Wall.
  • Scleria wichurai Boeckeler
  • Scleria zeylanica Poir.
  • Scleria zeylanica var. angustifolia Thwaites ex Boeckeler

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. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol SCLE7. public domain. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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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