Fimbristylis
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| Fimbristylis dichotoma | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Fimbristylis Vahl |
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Fimbristylis is a genus of sedges. A plant in this genus may be known commonly as a fimbry, fimbristyle, or fringe-rush. There are 200 to 300 species distributed worldwide. Several continents have native species but many have been introduced to regions where they are not native. Many are considered weeds. These are typical sedges in appearance, with stiff, ridged stems and cone-shaped terminal panicles of spikelets. They are found in wet environments, and are most diverse in tropical and subtropical regions.
Selected species:
- Fimbristylis acicularis
- Fimbristylis acuminata - pointed fimbristylis
- Fimbristylis aestivalis
- Fimbristylis annua - annual fimbry
- Fimbristylis autumnalis - slender fimbry
- Fimbristylis castanea - marsh fimbry, salt marsh fimbristylis
- Fimbristylis complanata - Puerto Rico fimbry
- Fimbristylis cymosa - tropical fimbry, mauu akiaki (= F. glomerata)
- Fimbristylis dichotoma - two-leaf fimbrystylis, tall fringe-rush
- Fimbristylis dipsacea
- Fimbristylis ferrubinea - Rusty sedge
- Fimbristylis ferruginea - West Indian fimbry
- Fimbristylis hawaiiensis - Hawaii fimbry
- Fimbristylis inaguensis - Bahama fimbry
- Fimbristylis insignis
- Fimbristylis littoralis - lesser fimbristylis
- Fimbristylis miliacea - grasslike fimbry
- Fimbristylis perpusilla - Harper's fimbry
- Fimbristylis polytrichoides - Rusty sedge
- Fimbristylis puberula - hairy fimbry
- Fimbristylis schoenoides - ditch fimbry
- Fimbristylis spathacea - hurricanegrass
- Fimbristylis thermalis - hot springs fimbry
- Fimbristylis tomentosa - woolly fimbry
- Fimbristylis tristachya
- Fimbristylis umbellaris - globular fimbrystylis
- Fimbristylis vahlii - Vahl's fimbry
