Machaerina restioides (Sw.) Vahl
First published in Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 238 (1805)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Caribbean. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Windward Is.
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Cladium restioides (Sw.) Benth. ex C.B.Clarke in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 2: 135 (1900)
- Mariscus restiodes (Sw.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 755 (1891)
- Schoenus restioides Sw. in Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 19 (1788)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2005). Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 52: 1-415.
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- 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.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Wright, C. [1535], Cuba | K000584412 | Yes | |||
Husnot, T. [89] | K000584413 | 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