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Ficinia

Ficinia
Ficinia nodosa.jpg
Ficinia nodosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Ficinia
Schrad.
Synonyms
  • Melancranis Vahl
  • Hypolepis P.Beauv. ex Lestib.
  • Hemichlaena Schrad.
  • Acrolepis Schrad.
  • Hypophialium Nees
  • Pleurachne Schrad.
  • Schoenidium Nees
  • Sickmannia Nees
  • Desmoschoenus Hook.f.
  • Anthophyllum Steud.

Ficinia is a genus of tufted or rhizotamous 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.



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