Fuirena

Summary

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.[2]

Fuirena
Fuirena squarrosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Subfamily: Cyperoideae
Tribe: Fuireneae
Genus: Fuirena
Rottb.[1]
Species

See text

Species edit

Species currently accepted by The Plant List[3] are as follows:

  • 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 friesii Kük.
  • Fuirena gracilis Kunth
  • 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 subdigitata C.B.Clarke
  • 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

References edit

  1. ^ Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl.: 70 (1773)
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Fuirena". theplantlist.org. The Plant List. Retrieved 20 June 2020.