Koncordie Amalie Dietrich was a German naturalist who was best known for her work in Australia from 1863 to 1872, collecting specimens for the Museum Godeffroy in Hamburg. In Queensland, Australia, Dietrich "actively sought fresh Aboriginal skeletons for her European clients”. While this is most likely part of a local legend that presents Dietrich as the 'Angel of Black Death, it is a proven fact that she did send the human remains of several Indigenous Australians to Hamburg. Her contribution to colonialism – pertaining to both the anthropological as well as the botanical aspect – are the subject of recent academic debates.
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 crypsigramma, the small dingy skipper or wide-brand sedge-skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Australia in New South Wales, Northern Territory and Queensland.
Hesperilla sarnia, the swift sedge skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is endemic to Queensland, Australia.
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.
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.
Scleria biflora is a plant in the family Cyperaceae. It grows as a tufted annual grass.
Scleria bracteata, the bracted nutrush, is a plant in the family Cyperaceae. It grows as a perennial climber.
Scleria greigiifolia is a plant in the family Cyperaceae. It grows as a perennial herb.
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.
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