Machaerina ensifolia (Boeckeler) T.Koyama
First published in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 69: 63 (1956)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. & S. Brazil. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Brazil South, Brazil Southeast
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Baumea ensifolia (Boeckeler) Palla in Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 79(1): 194 (1908)
- Cladium ensifolium (Boeckeler) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks. in Index Kew. 1: 551 (1893)
- Elynanthus ensifolius Boeckeler in Linnaea 38: 264 (1874)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Lepidosperma officinale Arruda ex Almeida in Diccion. Bot. Brasil.: 258 (1873), opus utique oppr.
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:
- Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Machaerina iridifolia.]
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jan 1, 1995 | s.coll. [5443], Rio de Janeiro | K000584407 | isotype | Yes |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0