Machaerina
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Family Cyperaceae
Taxonomy:
Synonyms: 9 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Baumea Gaudich. (taxonomic synonym)
- Chapelliera Nees (taxonomic synonym)
- Cladium sect. Baumea (Gaudich.) Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
- Cladium subg. Baumea (Gaudich.) C.B.Clarke (taxonomic synonym)
- Cladium subg. Machaerina (Vahl) C.B.Clarke (nomenclatural synonym)
- Machaerina Vahl sect. Machaerina (nomenclatural synonym)
- Machaerina sect. Baumea (Gaudich.) T.Koyama (taxonomic synonym)
- Macherina Lehm. (orthographic variant)
- Mariscus sect. Baumea (Gaudich.) Kuntze (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC):
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Metcalfe_2020_1 (2). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 2 traits from 2 records in 1 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
leaf morphology
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
life history
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_1]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metcalfe_2020_1 | 2 | 2 | D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Database of Cyperaceae traits, CSIRO”. 2020. |