Machaerina mariscoides   ((Gaudich.) J. Kern)


 
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syn. Baumea mariscoides (Gaudich.), Baumea meyenii (Kunth), Cladium meyenii ((Kunth) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Drake), Machaerina mariscoides ssp. meyenii ((Kunth) T. Koyama), Machaerina meyenii ((Kunth) O. Deg.), Mariscus marianus (Kuntze), Mariscus meyenii ((Kunth) Kuntze), Mariscus societensis (J. W. Moore)

 
distribution: (within Polynesia)

Hawai'i Islands: Hawai'i, Kaua'i, Lana'i, Maui, Moloka'i, O'ahu
Marquesas: Fatu Hiva, Hiva Oa, Nuku Hiva, Tahuata, Ua Pou
Society Islands: Huahine, Ra'iatea, Taha'a, Tahiti

 
local name:

'ahaniu - Hawai'i Islands
'uki - Hawai'i Islands

 
 
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Machaerina mariscoides (syn. Machaerina mariscoides ssp. meyenii)


Photo: by courtesy of Forest & Kim Starr (USGS)

 
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