Scleria terrestris(L.) Fassett

WFO wfo-0000553091 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Scleria terrestris, photographed by chiuluan
fig. a chiuluan, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-23 / obs. 200222216
Scleria terrestris, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. b Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 149585371
Scleria terrestris, photographed by Beah Vega
fig. c Beah Vega, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 116073631
Scleria terrestris, photographed by Beah Vega
fig. d Beah Vega, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 115691474
Scleria terrestris, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. e Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 106649832
Scleria terrestris, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. f Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 77337499
Scleria terrestris, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. g Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 69678237
Scleria terrestris, photographed by 葉子
fig. h 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 43779659

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Native range 32 botanical countries

Regions where Scleria terrestris is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Japan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Tibet, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Northern Territory, Queensland China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanJapanTaiwanTibetAssamBangladeshBorneoCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarNepalNew GuineaPhilippinesSri LankaSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnamWest HimalayaNorthern TerritoryQueensland Nansei-shotoAndaman Is.Nicobar Is.
Native distribution of Scleria terrestris, 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
Nicobar Is. NCB
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Japan JAP
Nansei-shoto NNS
Taiwan TAI
Tibet CHT
Northern Territory NTA AUSTRALASIA
Queensland QLD

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 24 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.

  • Diaphora cochinchinensis Lour.
  • Schoenus paniculatus Burm.f.
  • Scleria aspera Boeckeler
  • Scleria chinensis var. biauriculata C.B.Clarke
  • Scleria chinensis var. luzonensis (Palla) Uittien
  • Scleria cochinchinensis (Lour.) Druce
  • Scleria doederleiniana Boeckeler
  • Scleria elata Thwaites
  • Scleria elata var. decolorans C.B.Clarke
  • Scleria elata var. latior C.B.Clarke
  • Scleria exaltata Boeckeler
  • Scleria haematostachys Boeckeler
  • Scleria hasskarliana Boeckeler
  • Scleria hirsuta Boeckeler
  • Scleria hookeriana Boeckeler
  • Scleria kuntzei Boeckeler
  • Scleria luzonensis Palla
  • Scleria melanostoma Boeckeler
  • Scleria ploemii Boeckeler
  • Scleria rinkiana Boeckeler
  • Scleria terrestris var. decolorans (C.B.Clarke) Fassett
  • Scleria terrestris var. latior (C.B.Clarke) Fassett
  • Scleria thomsoniana Boeckeler
  • Zizania terrestris L.

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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