Ficinia

Ficinia
Ficinia nodosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Ficinia
Schrad.
Synonyms
  • Acrolepis Schrad.
  • Anthophyllum Steud.
  • Chamaexiphium Hochst. ex Steud.
  • Desmoschoenus Hook.f.
  • Hemichlaena Schrad.
  • Hypolepis P.Beauv. ex Lestib.
  • Hypophialium Nees
  • Melancranis Vahl
  • Pleurachne Schrad.
  • Schoenidium Nees
  • Sickmannia Nees

Ficinia is a genus of tufted or rhizomatous sedges in the family Cyperaceae. There are 91 accepted species – around 70 recognised species in Africa, four species (Ficinia ambigua, Ficinia anomala, Ficinia nodosa, and Ficinia spiralis) that occur in New Zealand and a single species Ficinia nodosa that occurs in Australia. The genus was described by German botanist Heinrich Adolph Schrader after another German botanist, Heinrich David August Ficinus.

Species

91 species are accepted.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ficinia Schrad". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  2. ↑ "Ficinia nodosa". New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  3. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ↑ "Genus Ficinia". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
  5. ↑ Landcare Research New Zealand Limited. "Cyperaceae". New Zealand Plant Names Database. Landcare Research Allan Herbarium and New Zealand Plant Names Database. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
  6. ↑ Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  7. ↑ Levyns, Margaret Rutherford Bryan. 1947. Journal of South African Botany 13: 68
  8. ↑ Smith, Val (2023-01-01). Common Ground: Who's who in New Zealand botanical names. Supplement Two: Who's who in New Zealand botanical names. Supplement Two.