Luzula masafueranaSkottsb.

WFO wfo-0000777914 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 4 separate observations

Luzula masafuerana, photographed by Patricio Novoa
fig. a Patricio Novoa, CC BY 4.0 / 2011-02-04 / obs. 192730867
Luzula masafuerana, photographed by Patricio Novoa
fig. b Patricio Novoa, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 192730817
Luzula masafuerana, photographed by Patricio Novoa
fig. c Patricio Novoa, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 192730946
Luzula masafuerana, photographed by Patricio Novoa
fig. d Patricio Novoa, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 192731030

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The specimen a real sheet, in a real collection

Herbarium
Smithsonian, US National Herbarium
Accession
US 2906066
Filed as
Luzula masafuerana Skottsb.
Det. by
not recorded on this sheet
Collected
I. Skottsberg & C. Skotsberg 1955-01-29
Origin
CL
The sheet
View the digitised specimen (CC0 1.0)

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Native range 1 botanical country

Regions where Luzula masafuerana is native: Juan Fernández Is.
Native distribution of Luzula masafuerana, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Juan Fernández Is. JNF SOUTHERN AMERICA

Not drawn on the map: Juan Fernández Is.. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 2 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Luzula insularis (Skottsb.) Skottsb.
  • Luzula racemosa subsp. insularis Skottsb.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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