Biology:Ficinia

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Short description: Genus of grass-like plants

Ficinia
Ficinia nodosa.jpg
Ficinia nodosa
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Ficinia
Schrad.
Synonyms[1]
  • 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 rhizomatous sedges in the family Cyperaceae. There are around 70 recognised species in Africa, four species (Ficinia ambigua, Ficinia anomala, Ficinia nodosa,[2] and Ficinia spiralis) that occur in New Zealand and a single species Ficinia nodosa that occurs in Australia.[1][3][4][5][6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. "Ficinia nodosa" (in en). https://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/species/ficinia-nodosa/. 
  3. "Genus Ficinia". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Ficinia. Retrieved 2008-06-14. 
  4. Landcare Research New Zealand Limited. "Cyperaceae". New Zealand Plant Names Database. Landcare Research Allan Herbarium and New Zealand Plant Names Database. http://floraseries.landcareresearch.co.nz/pages/Taxon.aspx?id=_1e54420d-4141-42d3-ae9b-528a9b6eb0ae&fileName=Flora%202.xml#_63d90803-6b76-46e8-9ca9-fbe7bb00cd11. Retrieved 2008-06-14. 
  5. Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  6. Levyns, Margaret Rutherford Bryan. 1947. Journal of South African Botany 13: 68

Wikidata ☰ Q5446514 entry