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§1 Plant

Machaerina mariscoides (Gaudich.) J. Kern

vernacular tropical twigrush — species · Cyperaceae

USDA
MAMA12
GBIF
5291112
Rank
species
tropical twigrush (Machaerina mariscoides)
Platephotograph · Kevin FaccendaCC BY source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Graminoid
Duration
Perennial
Group
Monocot
Family
Cyperaceae Juss.
Genus
Machaerina
§2a

Native status, by region

  • HI Hawaii Native
  • PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Native
§2b

County-level range

· 4 counties across 1 state
Legend Native · 4 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 4 counties across 1 state.

Hawaii view state ↗ 4 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/MAMA12 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/5291112 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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