Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Scleria ciliaris
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)
Order
Cyperales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Scleria
Species
ciliaris
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Scleria bancana Miq.; Scleria bancana var. nana Ridl.; Scleria chinensis Kunth; Scleria malaccensis Boeckeler and Scleria scrobiculata Moritzi.
Origin: Introduced - established
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Missouri Botanical Garden (eds.) (2013) The Plant List, Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 1st January).
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"Galapagos Species Database, Scleria ciliaris", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=16953. Accessed 6 September 2025.