Cyperaceae
Twigrush
Machaerina falcata
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Machaerina
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Machaerina falcataCyperaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Twigrush
Synonyms
- Baumea falcata Nees
- Cladium falcatum (Nees) C.B.Clarke
- Cladium falcatum var. celebicum Kük.
- Cladium falcatum var. sumatrense C.B.Clarke
- Cladium iris Ohwi
- Cladium latifolium Merr.
- Cladium ponapense Ohwi
- Cladium samoense C.B.Clarke
- Cladium samoense var. unisetum C.B.Clarke
- Machaerina iris (Ohwi) T.Koyama
- Machaerina latifolia T.Koyama
- Machaerina malesiaca (Stapf) T.Koyama
- Machaerina ponapensis (Ohwi) Ohwi & T.Koyama
- Machaerina samoensis (C.B.Clarke) T.Koyama
- Mariscus falcatus (Nees) Fernald
- Mariscus platyphyllus Fernald
- Mariscus samoensis (C.B.Clarke ex Stapf) Fernald
- Vincentia dissoluta Stapf
- Vincentia falcata (Nees) Stapf
- Vincentia malesiaca Stapf
- Vincentia samoensis (C.B.Clarke) Stapf
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.