Machaerina

  • Authority

    Maguire, Bassett. 1972. The botany of the Guayana Highland--part IX. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 23: 1-832.

  • Family

    Cyperaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Machaerina

  • Discussion

    1. Machaerina filifolia Grisebach. Cuba.

    2a. Machaerina restioides (Swartz) Vahl subsp restioides. West Indies.

    2b. Machaerina restioides Vahl subsp effusa (Grisebach) T. Koyama, stat nov based on Machaerina restioides Vahl var effusa Grisebach, Mem. Am. Sci. II. 8: 535. 1860. Cuba and Hispaniola.

    3. Machaerina cubensis (Kükenthal) T. Koyama. Cuba and Hispaniola.

    4a. Machaerina scirpoidea (Steudel) T. Koyama subsp scirpoidea. Chile.

    4b. Machaerina scirpoidea subsp ficticia (Hemsley) T. Koyama, stat nov based on Cladium ficticium Hemsley, Bot. Challenger Voy. 3: 59. t. 60, f. 5-7. 1884. Southern Brazil.

    5. Machaerina ensifolia (Böckeler) T. Koyama. Southern Brazil.