Cyperaceae
Machaerina

Machaerina rubiginosa (Biehler) T.Koyama

First published in J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 8: 123 (1961)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Asia to Hong Kong and New Zealand. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, Chatham Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Jawa, Malaya, Maluku, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Queensland, South Australia, Sumatera, Tasmania, Victoria, Vietnam, Western Australia

Extinct in:

Sri Lanka

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Dey, S. & Prasanna, P.V. (2010). The tribe Rhynchosporeae (Cyperaceae) in India. Rheedea 20: 1-19.
  • 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.
  • Middleton, D.J. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Singapore 7: 1-525. Singapore Botanic Gardens.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 1: 1-897. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • 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/.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ranasinghe, S. & al. (2020). The national red list 2020 - Conservation status of the flora of Sri Lanka: 1-254. Biodiversity secretariat, Ministry of environment and the national herbarium.
  • Walker, E.H. (1976). Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu islands: 1-1159. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Clemens, M.S. [916], Philippines K000291068 Yes
Gunn, R.C. [1398], Tasmania K000883963 Yes
Brown, R. [6045], New South Wales K000883964 Yes
Colenso, W. [s.n.], New Zealand K000883941 Yes
Sieber, F.W. [s.n.], Australia K000883962 Yes
Forster, G. [s.n.], New Zealand K000883942 Yes
Preiss, J.A.L. [522], Western Australia Machaerina riparia K000883974 Yes
Thwaites, G.H.K. [C.P. 845], Sri Lanka Machaerina crassa K000883851 Unknown type material Yes
Thwaites, G.H.K. [C.P. 845], Sri Lanka Machaerina crassa K000883852 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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

  • 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