Machaerina gunnii (Hook.f.) J.Kern
First published in Acta Bot. Neerl. 8: 266 (1959)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. New Guinea, SE. Queensland to Tasmania. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
New Guinea, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Baumea gunnii (Hook.f.) S.T.Blake in Contr. Queensland Herb. 8: 27 (1969)
- Cladium gunnii Hook.f. in Fl. Tasman. 2: 95 (1858)
- Gahnia gunnii (Hook.f.) F.Muell. in Key Vict. Pl. 1: 456 (1888)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Cladium brevipaniculatum (Kük.) Kük. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 51: 176 (1942)
- Cladium brevipaniculatum var. longibracteatum Kük. in Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 51: 177 (1942)
- Cladium gunnii var. brevipaniculatum Kük. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 69: 260 (1938)
- Cladium laxiflorum Hook.f. in Fl. Tasman. 2: 95 (1858)
- Machaerina brevipaniculata (Kük.) T.Koyama in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 69: 62 (1956)
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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gunn, R.C. [1498], Tasmania | K000883958 | holotype | Yes | ||
| Gunn, R.C. [1498], Tasmania | K000883959 | holotype | Yes | ||
| Oldfield, A.F. [142], Tasmania | K000883957 | Yes | |||
| Cheeseman, T.F. [165], New Zealand North | K000883939 | Yes | |||
| Sinclair, A. [s.n.], New Zealand North | K000883940 | lectotype | Yes | ||
| Sinclair, A. [s.n.], New Zealand North | K000883938 | 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