Index / Search / Scleria pterota var. melaleuca
§1 Plant
Scleria pterota C. Presl ex C.B. Clarke var. melaleuca (Rchb. ex Schltdl. & Cham.) Standl.
vernacular cortadora blanca — variety · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Scleria
Native status, by region
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
County-level range
· 37 counties across 2 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 37 counties across 2 states/territories.
Puerto Rico view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Adjuntas 72001
- Aguas Buenas 72007
- Arecibo 72013
- Bayamon 72021
- Caguas 72025
- Canovanas 72029
- Carolina 72031
- Catano 72033
- Cayey 72035
- Ceiba 72037
- Cidra 72041
- Corozal 72047
- Dorado 72051
- Fajardo 72053
- Guayama 72057
- Guaynabo 72061
- Humacao 72069
- Isabela 72071
- Maricao 72093
- Maunabo 72095
- Mayaguez 72097
- Naguabo 72103
- Patillas 72109
- Rio Grande 72119
- San German 72125
- San Juan 72127
- San Lorenzo 72129
- San Sebastian 72131
- Toa Baja 72137
- Trujillo Alto 72139
- Utuado 72141
- Vega Alta 72143
- Vega Baja 72145
- Yabucoa 72151
U.S. Virgin Islands view state ↗ 3 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SCPTM ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/6311944 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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