Ficinia
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Ficinia nodosa | |
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Genus: | Ficinia |
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Ficinia is a genus of tufted or rhizomatous sedges. There are around 70 recognised species in Africa, three species (Ficinia ambigua, Ficinia anomala and Ficinia spiralis) that occur in New Zealand and a single species Ficinia nodosa that occurs in Australia.[1][2][3][4][5]
References
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ "Genus Ficinia". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
- ^ Landcare Research New Zealand Limited. "Cyperaceae". New Zealand Plant Names Database. Landcare Research Allan Herbarium and New Zealand Plant Names Database. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
- ^ Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Levyns, Margaret Rutherford Bryan. 1947. Journal of South African Botany 13: 68