''Fuirena'', called umbrella sedges or umbrella grasses, are a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family (
Cyperaceae
The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus ''Carex'' w ...
), 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
The Plant List was a list of botanical names of species of plants created by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden and launched in 2010. It was intended to be a comprehensive record of all known names of plant species ...
are as follows:
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Fuirena abnormalis''
C.B.Clarke
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Fuirena angolensis''
(C.B.Clarke) Lye ex J.Raynal & Roessler
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Fuirena arenosa''
R.Br.
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Fuirena bernieri''
Cherm.
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Fuirena bidgoodiae''
Hoenselaar & Muasya
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Fuirena boreocoerulescens''
Lye
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Fuirena breviseta''
(Coville) Coville
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Fuirena bullifera''
J.Raynal & Roessler
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Fuirena bushii''
Kral
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Fuirena camptotricha''
C.Wright
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Fuirena ciliaris''
(L.) Roxb.
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Fuirena claviseta''
Peter
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Fuirena coerulescens''
Steud.
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Fuirena cuspidata''
(Roth) Kunth
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Fuirena ecklonii
''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 bo ...
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Nees
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Fuirena enodis''
C.B.Clarke
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Fuirena felicis''
S.S.Hooper
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Fuirena friesii''
Kük.
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Fuirena gracilis''
Kunth
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Fuirena hirsuta''
(P.J.Bergius) P.L.Forbes
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Fuirena incompleta''
Nees
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Fuirena incrassata''
S.T.Blake
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Fuirena lainzii''
Luceño & M.Alves
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Fuirena leptostachya''
Oliv.
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Fuirena longa''
Chapm.
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Fuirena microcarpa''
Lye
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Fuirena moritziana''
Boeckeler
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Fuirena mutali
''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 bo ...
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Muasya & Nordal
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Fuirena nudiflora
''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 bo ...
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S.T.Blake
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Fuirena nyasensis''
Nelmes
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Fuirena obcordata''
P.L.Forbes
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Fuirena ochreata''
Nees ex Kunth
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Fuirena oedipus''
C.B.Clarke
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Fuirena pachyrrhiza''
Ridl.
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Fuirena ponmudiensis''
Ravi & Anil Kumar
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Fuirena pubescens''
(Poir.) Kunth
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Fuirena pumila''
(Torr.) Spreng.
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Fuirena quercina''
Cherm.
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Fuirena repens''
Boeckeler
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Fuirena rhizomatifera''
Tang & F.T.Wang
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Fuirena robusta''
Kunth
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Fuirena sagittata''
Lye
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Fuirena scirpoidea''
Michx.
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Fuirena simplex''
Vahl
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Fuirena simpsonii''
Ravi, N.Mohanan & Shaju
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Fuirena somaliensis''
Lye
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Fuirena squarrosa''
Michx.
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Fuirena stephani''
Ramos & Diego
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Fuirena striatella''
Lye
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Fuirena stricta''
Steud.
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Fuirena subdigitata''
C.B.Clarke
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Fuirena swamyi''
Govind.
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Fuirena tenuis''
P.L.Forbes
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Fuirena trilobites''
C.B.Clarke
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Fuirena tuwensis''
M.B.Deshp. & Shah
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Fuirena umbellata''
Rottb.
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Fuirena uncinata''
(Willd.) Kunth
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Fuirena welwitschii''
Ridl.
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Fuirena zambesiaca''
Lye
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q8963036
Cyperaceae genera
Cyperaceae