Fuirena
| Fuirena | |
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| Fuirena squarrosa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cyperoideae |
| Tribe: | Fuireneae |
| Genus: | Fuirena Rottb.[1] |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Fuirena, called umbrella sedges or umbrella grasses, are a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family (Cyperaceae), with a worldwide distribution, chiefly in the tropics and temperate zones. They are named for Danish physician and early botanist Georg Fuiren (Jorgen Furenius), 1581–1628.[3]
Species
[edit]55 species are currently accepted.[2]
- Fuirena abnormalis C.B.Clarke
- Fuirena angolensis (C.B.Clarke) Lye ex J.Raynal & Roessler
- Fuirena arenosa R.Br.
- Fuirena bernieri Cherm.
- Fuirena bidgoodiae Hoenselaar & Muasya
- Fuirena boreocoerulescens Lye
- Fuirena breviseta (Coville) Coville
- Fuirena bullifera J.Raynal & Roessler
- Fuirena bushii Kral
- Fuirena camptotricha C.Wright
- Fuirena ciliaris (L.) Roxb.
- Fuirena claviseta Peter
- Fuirena coerulescens Steud.
- Fuirena cuspidata (Roth) Kunth
- Fuirena ecklonii Nees
- Fuirena enodis C.B.Clarke
- Fuirena felicis S.S.Hooper
- Fuirena hirsuta (P.J.Bergius) P.L.Forbes
- Fuirena incompleta Nees
- Fuirena incrassata S.T.Blake
- Fuirena lainzii Luceño & M.Alves
- Fuirena leptostachya Oliv.
- Fuirena longa Chapm.
- Fuirena microcarpa Lye
- Fuirena moritziana Boeckeler
- Fuirena mutali Muasya & Nordal
- Fuirena nudiflora S.T.Blake
- Fuirena nyasensis Nelmes
- Fuirena obcordata P.L.Forbes
- Fuirena ochreata Nees ex Kunth
- Fuirena oedipus C.B.Clarke
- Fuirena pachyrrhiza Ridl.
- Fuirena ponmudiensis Ravi & Anil Kumar
- Fuirena pubescens (Poir.) Kunth
- Fuirena pumila (Torr.) Spreng.
- Fuirena quercina Cherm.
- Fuirena repens Boeckeler
- Fuirena rhizomatifera Tang & F.T.Wang
- Fuirena robusta Kunth
- Fuirena sagittata Lye
- Fuirena scirpoidea Michx.
- Fuirena simplex Vahl
- Fuirena simpsonii Ravi, N.Mohanan & Shaju
- Fuirena somaliensis Lye
- Fuirena squarrosa Michx.
- Fuirena stephani Ramos & Diego
- Fuirena striatella Lye
- Fuirena stricta Steud.
- Fuirena swamyi Govind.
- Fuirena tenuis P.L.Forbes
- Fuirena trilobites C.B.Clarke
- Fuirena tuwensis M.B.Deshp. & Shah
- Fuirena umbellata Rottb.
- Fuirena uncinata (Willd.) Kunth
- Fuirena welwitschii Ridl.
- Fuirena zambesiaca Lye
Formerly placed here
[edit]- Cryptangium verticillatum (Spreng.) Vitta (as Fuirena verticillata Spreng.)
References
[edit]- ↑ Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl.: 70 (1773)
- 1 2 "Fuirena Rottb". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
- ↑ Britton, Nathaniel; Brown, Addison (1896). An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions; Volume I: Ophioglossaceae to Aizoaceae Ferns to Carpet-Weed. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 274.