The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus Carex with over 2,000 species.
Scleria is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. They are known commonly as nutrushes. They are distributed throughout the tropical world, and some have ranges extending into temperate areas. There are about 200 species.
Hesperilla flavescens, the yellow sedge-skipper or yellowish skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Australian states of South Australia and Victoria.
Hesperilla sarnia, the swift sedge skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is endemic to Queensland, Australia.
Hesperilla furva, the grey sedge-skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is endemic to Queensland, Australia.
Gahnia aspera known as the rough saw-sedge or round sawsedge is a tussock forming perennial plant, often seen in moist situations. The long strap like leaves grow to 80 cm long.
Telicota eurotas, the sedge darter, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Australia, the Aru Islands, Irian Jaya, Maluku and Papua New Guinea.
Scleria terrestris is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, the sedges. It is native to much of Asia and Australia, where it is widespread and occasional. It is a rhizomatous perennial herb that grows in wet habitat, such as streambanks and wet mountain understory, and some types of dry and disturbed habitat.
Gahnia grandis is a tussock-forming perennial plant found in southeastern mainland Australia and Tasmania.
Scleria sumatrensis, commonly known as nutrush and Sumatran scleria, is a plant species in the sedge family. It is native to temperate and tropical Asia, where it is usually found growing in wetlands, and is considered a noxious weed on the island of Borneo. It has been used in traditional medicine against gonorrhea.
Gahnia sieberiana, commonly known as the red-fruit saw-sedge, is a tussock-forming perennial plant in the family Cyperaceae, endemic to Australia. It is a widespread plant that favours damp sunny sites. Many insect larvae have been recorded feeding on the red-fruit saw-sedge. It may grow over 2 metres tall.
Scleria iostephana is a plant in the family Cyperaceae. It grows as a stout perennial sedge up to 2 metres high.
Scleria mackaviensis is a plant in the family Cyperaceae. It grows as a tufted sedge.
Scleria mikawana is a plant in the family Cyperaceae. It grows as a tall, slender annual sedge.
Scleria reticularis, also known as the reticulated nutrush or netted nutrush, is a plant in the sedge family Cyperaceae.
Scleria robinsoniana is a plant in the nutrush genus Scleria of the sedge family Cyperaceae.
Scleria triglomerata, also known as the whip nutrush, is a plant in the sedge family Cyperaceae.
Scleria vogelii is a plant in the sedge family Cyperaceae. It grows as a stout perennial.
Scleria pauciflora, known as few-flowered nutrush, papillose nut-sedge, and Carolina-whipgrass, is a plant in the sedge family (Cyperaceae) native to northern Mexico, the eastern United States, southern Canada, and Cuba. It is common across a broad stretch of the southeastern United States in many different habitat types, becoming rare at the northern end of its distribution.
Scleria verticillata, known as low nutrush or whorled nutrush, is a plant in the sedge family Cyperaceae. It is native to Ontario, Canada, the eastern United States, The Bahamas, and Cuba.
