- Family:
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Machaerina Vahl
Machaerina flexuosa (Boeckeler) J.Kern
[FTEA]
Cyperaceae, K Hoenselaar, B. Verdcourt & H. Beentje. Hypolytrum, D Simpson. Fuirena, M Muasya. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2010
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial, stout, up to 150 cm tall, with rhizomes.
- Morphology Culms
- Culms tussocky, 90–120 cm long, 5–6 mm wide, glabrous
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves 6–12 mm wide, margins smooth, apex acuminate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
- Involucral bracts leaf-like
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Spikes at the end of primary and secondary branches, 6–10 mm in diameter, consisting of 2–4 crowded (sub-)sessile spikelets 5–6 mm long, with at least the lower glumes distichously arranged, 6–12-flowered Inflorescence a relatively large panicle, 25–50 cm long, made up by 5–8 fasicles, each with 2–4 primary branches up to 7 cm long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
- Glumes with short hairy margin
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 3: the connective of the anthers ending in a long prominent point
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
- Style with 3 long branches
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Nutlet ovoid, rounded in section, strongly scabrid near the apex; the stylebase persistent as an acute beak
- Figures
- Fig. 56, p370
Native to:
Comoros, Madagascar, Tanzania
Machaerina flexuosa (Boeckeler) J.Kern appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Acta Bot. Neerl. 8: 266 (1959)
Accepted by
- 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.
- Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Acta Bot. Neerl. 7: 266 (1959)
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0