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.
Distribution
Native to:
Borneo, Caroline Is., Fiji, Hawaii, New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Vanuatu, Vietnam
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- 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)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- 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)
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.
- 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.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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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 |
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