Machaerina acuta (Labill.) J.Kern
First published in Acta Bot. Neerl. 8: 266 (1959)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. & S. Australia. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Baumea acuta (Labill.) Palla in Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 8: 69 (1902)
- Baumea schoenoides (R.Br.) Boeckeler in Linnaea 38: 246 (1874)
- Cladium acutum (Labill.) Poir. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2, 9: 344 (1817)
- Cladium schoenoides R.Br. in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 237 (1810), nom. illeg.
- Gahnia schoenoides (R.Br.) F.Muell. in Key Vict. Pl. 1: 456 (1888)
- Machaerina schoenoides (R.Br.) T.Koyama in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 69: 65 (1956)
- Mariscus acutus (Labill.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 755 (1891)
- Schoenus acutus Labill. in Nov. Holl. Pl. 1: 18 (1805)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Schoenus falcatus Nees in Linnaea 9: 298 (1834), not validly publ.
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.
- Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown, R. [6055], Australia | Machaerina schoenoides | K000883967 | 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