Fimbristylis Cinnamometorum
''Fimbristylis cinnamometorum'' is a sedge of the family Cyperaceae that is native to Australia. The rhizome, rhizomatous perennial grass-like or herb sedge typically grows to a height of and has a tufted habit. It blooms between April and June and produces brown flowers. In Western Australia it is found in and around swamps, pools along drainage lines and clay-pans and other damp places in the Kimberley (Western Australia), Kimberley region where it grows in loamy soils around sandstone and quartzite. References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15585273 Plants described in 1837 Flora of Western Australia Fimbristylis, cinnamometorum ...
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Martin Vahl
Martin Henrichsen Vahl (10 October 1749 – 24 December 1804) was a Danish-Norwegian botanist, herbalist and zoologist. Biography Martin Vahl was born in Bergen, Norway and attended Bergen Cathedral School. He studied botany at the University of Copenhagen and at Uppsala University under Carl Linnaeus. He edited ''Flora Danica'' fasc. XVI-XXI (1787–1799), ''Symbolæ Botanicæ'' I-III (1790–1794), ''Eclogæ Americanæ'' I-IV (1796–1807) and ''Enumeratio Plantarum'' I-II (1804–1805). He lectured at the University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden from 1779 to 1782. Vahl made several research trips in Europe and North Africa between 1783 and 1788. He became professor at the Society for Natural History at the University of Copenhagen in 1786 and was a full professor of botany from 1801 to his death. In 1792, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He died in Copenhagen, Denmark at age 55. His son Jens Vahl also became a botanist. Authorit ...
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