Scleria tropicalis M.T. Strong
date: label: Collection Date
content: 1948
name: label: Collector
content: R. Romero
label: Collector
content: Basil G. Stergios
notes: label: Notes
content: Harvard Papers in Botany Vol. 11(2): pp.199-201. 2007. Fig.1
label: Notes
content: Strong, Mark T.
label: Notes
content: Figure A-N. Scleria tropicalis (Cyperaceae). - Type; Collection: B. Stergios, L.J. Dorr & R. Caracas 20858 (US), Venezuela, Trujillo; A. culm base and rhizome, B. section of culm showing sheaths and leaf blades, C. inflorescence, D. detail of leaf blade margin showing mixed antrorse and retrorse barbs, E. detail of distal leaf blade margin showing antrorse barbs, F. inflorescence spike showing proximal pistillate spikelet and upper staminate spikelets, G. staminate spikelet, H. staminate prophyll, I-K. sterile staminate scales, L. staminate flower with subtending fertile scale, M-N. sterile pistillate scales. Figure C is mounted as a separate drawing. Artist's notes indicate that Figure A used collection, Rudolf & Susan Freund R-35-B from Surinam as a reference. - May 23 2006.
label: Notes
content: Figure O-Q. Scleria tropicalis (Cyperaceae). Collection: R. Romero 887 (US) Paratype, Colombia, Magdalena; O. cupula with subtending fertile scale and two sterile scales below, P. achene (ventral view), Q. achene (lateral view). - May 23 2006.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Dec 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
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content: Botanical Art
publisher: label: Published Name
content: Scleria tropicalis M.T. Strong
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Botany Dept.
identifier: label: Other Numbers
content: Botanical Art Plate Link : 4185
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Cyperaceae Cyperoideae
physicalDescription: label: Preparation
content: brush and ink