Machaerina falcata (Nees) T.Koyama

First published in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 69: 63 (1956)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is Indo-China to Pacific. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Borneo, Caroline Is., Fiji, Hawaii, New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Vanuatu, Vietnam

Baumea falcata Nees in Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 6: 29 (1854)
Cladium falcatum (Nees) C.B.Clarke in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 46 (1908)
Mariscus falcatus (Nees) Fernald in Rhodora 25: 53 (1923)
Vincentia falcata (Nees) Stapf in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 42: 179 (1914)

Cladium falcatum var. celebicum Kük. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 51: 146 (1942)
Cladium falcatum var. sumatrense C.B.Clarke in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 46 (1908)
Cladium iris Ohwi in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 56: 208 (1942)
Cladium latifolium Merr. in Philipp. J. Sci., C 2: 262 (1907), nom. illeg.
Cladium ponapense Ohwi in J. Jap. Bot. 18: 136 (1942)
Cladium samoense C.B.Clarke in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 4: 245 (1894)
Cladium samoense var. unisetum C.B.Clarke in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 4: 245 (1894)
Machaerina iris (Ohwi) T.Koyama in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 69: 64 (1956)
Machaerina latifolia T.Koyama in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 69: 64 (1956), nom. illeg.
Machaerina malesiaca (Stapf) T.Koyama in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 69: 65 (1956)
Machaerina ponapensis (Ohwi) Ohwi & T.Koyama in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 69: 65 (1956)
Machaerina samoensis (C.B.Clarke) T.Koyama in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 69: 65 (1956)
Mariscus platyphyllus Fernald in Rhodora 25: 54 (1923)
Mariscus samoensis (C.B.Clarke ex Stapf) Fernald in Rhodora 25: 54 (1923)
Vincentia dissoluta Stapf in Dept. Marine Biol. Carnegie Inst. 20: 111 (1924)
Vincentia malesiaca Stapf in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 42: 178 (1914)
Vincentia samoensis (C.B.Clarke) Stapf in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 42: 178 (1914)

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.
Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.

Date	Reference	Identified As	Barcode	Type Status	Has image?
Oct 17, 2001	Johns, R.J. [9195], Indonesia		72628.000		No
Nov 1, 1960	Foxworthy [2386], Philippines		K000291061	Unknown type material	Yes
	Beccari, O. [Plante sumatrane 213], Indonesia		K000291056	Unknown type material	Yes
	Gibbs, L.S. [4278], Malaysia		K000291057	Unknown type material	Yes
	Cuming, H. [932], Philippines		K000291062		Yes
	Cuming, H. [932], Philippines		K000291063		Yes
	Seemann, B.C. [665], Fiji	Machaerina samoensis	K000883933	Unknown type material	Yes
	Whitmee, S.J. [29], Samoa	Machaerina samoensis	K000883932	Unknown type material	Yes

Kew Backbone Distributions
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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