Cyperaceae

Fuirena Rottb.

First published in Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl.: 70 (1773)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Cosmopolitan.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Arkansas, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Is., Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, East Aegean Is., East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Florida, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iran, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kentucky, Kenya, Korea, Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Marianas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, New Guinea, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rhode I., Rwanda, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia, South Carolina, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Türkey, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Germany

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Descr. et Ic. Pl. 70 (1773)
  • F.T.A. 8: 461 (1902).

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Forbes, Revision Fuirena: thesis, Univ. Witwatersrand, South Africa (1980).
  • Rottb., Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl.: 70 (1773).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by K. A. Lye [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Descr. Icon. Rar.: 70, t. 19 (1773)
  • K.B. 53: 187–202 (1998)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2008 Zappi, D.C.; Sasaki, D.; Milliken, W.; Biggs, N.; Silveira, E.A.; Philippsen, M.; Bessa, M.A.; Piva, J.H. [861] Brazil K000578481 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5231] Tanzania K000190459 Yes
Harris, T.; Murray-Hudson, F. [853] Angola K000569143 Yes
Iversen, S.T.; Martinsson, K. [89019] Malawi K002420035 Yes
Gerrard, W.T.; [M. J. Mcstew] [71] South Africa K002420339 Yes
Harris, T.; Murray-Hudson, F. [808] Angola K002420041 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3544] K001119686 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rogers, F.A. [28104] South Africa K002420346 Yes
Chen, L.M.J. [SING 2017-700] Singapore K001532542 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3544] K001119683 Unknown Type Material Yes
Davy, J.B. [17733] South Africa K002420334 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3542] K001119680 Unknown Type Material No
Gillett, J.B. [12600] Kenya K002054516 No
Rogers, F.A. [28502] South Africa K002420343 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [3299] Zambia K002420033 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [5857] South Africa K002420332 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [2170] South Africa K002420344 Yes
Ntemi Sallu, A.; Kibure, O.; Gereau, R.E.; Simon, V. [135A] Tanzania K002054523 No
Gerrard, W.T. [80] South Africa K002420345 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3543] K001119681 Unknown Type Material Yes
Davy, J.B. [17628] South Africa K002420341 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 3544] K001119684 Unknown Type Material Yes
Arnold, T.H. [894] South Africa K002420340 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [12189] Bolivia K002420594 Yes
[G. Thomcrop] [36] South Africa K002420328 Yes
Schoenfelder, E.B. [472] South Africa K000416854 Type Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3544] Burma K001119685 Unknown Type Material Yes
Costa, G. [1188] Brazil K002420563 Yes
Strey, R.G. [7740] South Africa K002420338 No
Best, E.B. [253] Zambia K002420038 Yes
Krauss [59] South Africa K002420310 No
S.coll. [232] Mozambique K001615189 No
Wallich [S.n.] K002053196 No
Cuming, H. [1254] Philippines K002053327 Yes
Rasaminirina, F.; Rakotoarimanana, V.; Razafindraibe, H.V.; Saholiariaminana,V.; Tovondrainy,Y. [RSF191] Madagascar K009001822 No
Rasaminirina, F.; Rakotoarimanana, V.; Razafindraibe, H.V.; Saholiariaminana,V.; Tovondrainy,Y. [RSF258] Madagascar K009001882 No
Rasaminirina, F.; Rakotoarimanana, V.; Razafindraibe, H.V.; Saholiariaminana,V.; Tovondrainy,Y. [RSF240] Madagascar K009001864 No
Rasaminirina, F.; Rakotoarimanana, V.; Razafindraibe, H.V.; Saholiariaminana,V.; Tovondrainy,Y. [RSF228] Madagascar K009001853 No
Lehavana, A. [1096] Madagascar K001873203 No
Rasaminirina, F. [RSF 304] Madagascar K009001803 No
Fourcade, H.G. [3193] South Africa K002420335 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3545] India K001119687 Unknown Type Material Yes
Harris, T.; Murray-Hudson, F. [724] Angola K002420042 Yes
de Winter, B.; Giess, J.W. [6791] South Africa K002420342 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [597] South Africa K002420336 Yes
Bruce, H. [Cat. no. 3542] K001119678 Unknown Type Material Yes
Phillips, E. [4179] Malawi K002420034 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3544] K001119682 Unknown Type Material Yes
Thulin, M.; Mhoro, B. [658] Tanzania K002054518 No
Harder, D.K.; Nkhoma, C.N. [986] Zambia K002420037 Yes
Ward, C.J. [10103] Namibia K002420337 Yes
Arnold, T.H. [492] South Africa K002420331 Yes
Davy, B. [17628] South Africa K002420333 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] Burma K001132703 Unknown Type Material Yes
Harley, R.M.; Giulietti, A.M. [54572] Brazil K001176128 Yes
Roessler [s.n.] K002054519 No
Van Rensburg, H.J. [Z 3054] Zambia K002420036 Yes
Alers, M.P.T. [31] Gabon K002053962 Yes
Lindemann, H.A. [475] Tanzania K002054517 No
Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5261] Tanzania K000190489 Yes
Michelmore, A.P.G. [69] South Africa K002420347 Yes
Brits, C.A. [38] Zimbabwe K002420039 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Renvoize, S. [70748] Ecuador K002420595 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [10030] Bolivia K002420593 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C.; Mwasumbi, L. [2010B] Tanzania K002054521 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3542] K001119679 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C.; Mwanyambo, L. [2010B] Tanzania K002054520 No
Greenway, P.J.; Polhill, R.M. [11531] Tanzania K002054522 No
Gillett, J.B. [12600] Kenya K002054515 No
Gilliland, H.B. [K1025] Zimbabwe K002420040 Yes
Arnold, T.H. [551] South Africa K002420329 Yes
Arnold, T.H. [468] South Africa K002420330 Yes
Rajabu Hizza, I. [154] Tanzania K002054524 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
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