Fuirena

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

55 species are currently accepted.

• Fuirena abnormalis <small>C.B.Clarke</small>
• Fuirena angolensis <small>(C.B.Clarke) Lye ex J.Raynal & Roessler</small>
• Fuirena arenosa <small>R.Br.</small>
• Fuirena bernieri <small>Cherm.</small>
• Fuirena bidgoodiae <small>Hoenselaar & Muasya</small>
• Fuirena boreocoerulescens <small>Lye</small>
• Fuirena breviseta <small>(Coville) Coville</small>
• Fuirena bullifera <small>J.Raynal & Roessler</small>
• Fuirena bushii <small>Kral</small>
• Fuirena camptotricha <small>C.Wright</small>
• Fuirena ciliaris <small>(L.) Roxb.</small>
• Fuirena claviseta <small>Peter</small>
• Fuirena coerulescens <small>Steud.</small>
• Fuirena cuspidata <small>(Roth) Kunth</small>
• Fuirena ecklonii <small>Nees</small>
• Fuirena enodis <small>C.B.Clarke</small>
• Fuirena felicis <small>S.S.Hooper</small>
• Fuirena hirsuta <small>(P.J.Bergius) P.L.Forbes</small>
• Fuirena incompleta <small>Nees</small>
• Fuirena incrassata <small>S.T.Blake</small>
• Fuirena lainzii <small>Luceño & M.Alves</small>
• Fuirena leptostachya <small>Oliv.</small>
• Fuirena longa <small>Chapm.</small>
• Fuirena microcarpa <small>Lye</small>
• Fuirena moritziana <small>Boeckeler</small>
• Fuirena mutali <small>Muasya & Nordal</small>
• Fuirena nudiflora <small>S.T.Blake</small>
• Fuirena nyasensis <small>Nelmes</small>
• Fuirena obcordata <small>P.L.Forbes</small>
• Fuirena ochreata <small>Nees ex Kunth</small>
• Fuirena oedipus <small>C.B.Clarke</small>
• Fuirena pachyrrhiza <small>Ridl.</small>
• Fuirena ponmudiensis <small>Ravi & Anil Kumar</small>
• Fuirena pubescens <small>(Poir.) Kunth</small>
• Fuirena pumila <small>(Torr.) Spreng.</small>
• Fuirena quercina <small>Cherm.</small>
• Fuirena repens <small>Boeckeler</small>
• Fuirena rhizomatifera <small>Tang & F.T.Wang</small>
• Fuirena robusta <small>Kunth</small>
• Fuirena sagittata <small>Lye</small>
• Fuirena scirpoidea <small>Michx.</small>
• Fuirena simplex <small>Vahl</small>
• Fuirena simpsonii <small>Ravi, N.Mohanan & Shaju</small>
• Fuirena somaliensis <small>Lye</small>
• Fuirena squarrosa <small>Michx.</small>
• Fuirena stephani <small>Ramos & Diego</small>
• Fuirena striatella <small>Lye</small>
• Fuirena stricta <small>Steud.</small>
• Fuirena swamyi <small>Govind.</small>
• Fuirena tenuis <small>P.L.Forbes</small>
• Fuirena trilobites <small>C.B.Clarke</small>
• Fuirena tuwensis <small>M.B.Deshp. & Shah</small>
• Fuirena umbellata <small>Rottb.</small>
• Fuirena uncinata <small>(Willd.) Kunth</small>
• Fuirena welwitschii <small>Ridl.</small>
• Fuirena zambesiaca <small>Lye</small>

Formerly placed here

• Cryptangium verticillatum (as Fuirena verticillata )

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