Ficinia
| Ficinia | |
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| Ficinia nodosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Schrad. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Ficinia is a genus of tufted or rhizomatous sedges in the family Cyperaceae. There are around 70 recognised species in Africa, four species (Ficinia ambigua, Ficinia anomala, Ficinia nodosa,[2] and Ficinia spiralis) that occur in New Zealand and a single species Ficinia nodosa that occurs in Australia.[1][3][4][5][6] The genus was described by German botanist Heinrich Adolph Schrader after another German botanist, Heinrich David August Ficinus.[7]
References
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ "Ficinia nodosa". New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
- ^ "Genus Ficinia". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Levyns, Margaret Rutherford Bryan. 1947. Journal of South African Botany 13: 68
- ^ 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.