| Fuirena | |
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| Fuirena squarrosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cyperoideae |
| Tribe: | Fuireneae |
| Genus: | Fuirena Rottb. |
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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.
Species
Species currently accepted by The Plant List 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
- Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl.: 70 (1773)
- 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.
- "Fuirena". theplantlist.org. The Plant List. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
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