| taxonID | 4VNQ2 |
| parentNameUsageID | 8W3GC |
| scientificNameID | dzLrPIfY-AuHB8bt6QrMy0 |
| datasetID | 2232 |
| taxonomicStatus | accepted |
| taxonRank | species |
| scientificName | Scleria distans Poir. |
| scientificNameAuthorship | Poir. |
| genericName | Scleria |
| specificEpithet | distans |
| namePublishedIn | J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 7: 4 (1806) |
| nomenclaturalCode | ICN |
| references | Trop. & Subtrop. America, Trop. & S. Africa, Madagascar https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:314683-1 |
| Child | Scleria distans var. distans variety accepted Scleria distans var. chondrocarpa (Nelmes) Lye variety accepted |
| DataSource | Catalogue of Life 2025-06-13 |