Cyperaceae

Tropical twigrush

Machaerina mariscoides (Gaudich.) J.Kern

Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Machaerina

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Common names

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English: Tropical twigrush

Synonyms

Baumea mariscoides Gaudich.
Baumea meyenii Kunth
Cladium gaudichaudii W.Wight
Cladium mariscoides (Gaudich.) Fern.-Vill.
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 gaudichaudii (W.Wight) Fernald
Mariscus marianus Kuntze
Mariscus meyenii (Kunth) Kuntze
Mariscus societensis J.W.Moore

Characteristics

Growth habit: Graminoid
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Hawaii: native, Pacific Basin: native

Photos

Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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.