Scleria is a genus of flowering plant

Flowering plant

The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...

s in the sedge family, Cyperaceae

Cyperaceae

Cyperaceae are a family of monocotyledonous graminoid flowering plants known as sedges, which superficially resemble grasses or rushes. The family is large, with some 5,500 species described in about 109 genera. These species are widely distributed, with the centers of diversity for the group...

. Rather tall, coarse plants with leafy, three-angled stems, sometimes with wings along the angles. Scleria are found mostly in damp places but sometimes in dry, shady places in forests.

The genus contains the following species (this list is incomplete - about 16 species are found in Malaysia):

• Scleria afroreflexa
  Scleria afroreflexa
  Scleria afroreflexa is a species of plant in the Cyperaceae family. It is endemic to Cameroon. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
  
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• Scleria bancana - Winged scleria
• Scleria laevis - Smooth scleria
• Scleria lithosperma (L.) Sw. - Slender scleria
• Scleria sumatrensis
  Scleria sumatrensis
  Scleria sumatrensis, commonly known as Nutrush or 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 is has been used to treat gonorrhea....
  
  Retz. - Sumatran scleria
• Scleria terrestris
  Scleria terrestris
  Scleria terrestris is a species of sedge, found in tropical and subtropical Asia through to northern Australia....