Native to 32 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America; introduced into Central American Pacific Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Tepe, E 590

March 18, 2002

Location

French Guiana

4.558556, -52.463417

Location Remarks

Vicinity of Emerald Jungle Village

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Cyperaceae

Genus

Scleria

Specific Epithet

secans

Authorship

(L.) Urb.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 6.5

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.3

Global rank

#164,464 of 335,497

Top 50%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →