Machaerina tetragona (Labill.) T.Koyama
First published in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 69: 66 (1956)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Queensland to SE. Australia. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Baumea tetragona (Labill.) S.T.Blake in Contr. Queensland Herb. 8: 30 (1969)
- Cladium tetragonum (Labill.) J.M.Black in Fl. S. Austral.: 95 (1922)
- Lepidosperma tetragonum Labill. in Nov. Holl. Pl. 1: 17 (1805)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Cladium teretifolium var. asperrimum Kük. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 51: 169 (1942)
- Cladium teretifolium var. tetraquetrum (Hook.f.) Domin in Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 473 (1915)
- Cladium tetraquetrum Hook.f. in Fl. Tasman. 2: 95 (1858)
- Mariscus tetraqueter (Hook.f.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 755 (1891)
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. [s.n.], Tasmania | K000883972 | Yes | |||
| Gunn, R.C. [1399], Tasmania | K000883971 | Yes | |||
| Oldfield, A.F. [s.n.], Tasmania | K000883970 | 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