| Scleria | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Scleria P.J.Bergius |
| Species | |
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Scleria is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. 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):