Machaerina mariscoides
Tropical Twigrush
Also known as: Baumea mariscoides Gaudich. +10 more
- Baumea mariscoides Gaudich.
- Baumea meyenii Kunth
- Cladium gaudichaudii W.Wight
- Cladium meyenii (Kunth) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Drake
- Machaerina gaudichaudii (W.Wight) T.Koyama
- Machaerina mariscoides subsp. meyenii (Kunth) T.Koyama
- Machaerina meyenii (Kunth) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Mariscus marianus Kuntze
- Mariscus meyenii (Kunth) J.W.Moore
- Mariscus meyenii (Kunth) Kuntze
- Mariscus societensis J.W.Moore
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Cyperaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte.
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Machaerina mariscoides (commonly known as Tropical Twigrush) is a sedge belonging to the Cyperaceae family. Indigenous to Tropical Asia and the Pacific, this species is primarily associated with wet tropical conditions.
Macro Climate
Tropical
Plant Type
Sedge
Plant Type
Bulb
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TROPICAL, PACIFIC
Regions (WGSRPD)
North-Central Pacific, Northwestern Pacific, Papuasia, South-Central Pacific
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Caroline Is., Hawaii, Marianas, Marquesas, New Guinea, Society Is., Solomon Is.