Ficinia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Cyperaceae
Subfamilia: Cyperoideae
Tribus: Cypereae
Subtribus: Ficiniinae
Genus: Ficinia
Species: F. acrostachys – F. acuminata – F. albicans – F. anceps – F. angustifolia – F. anysbergensis – F. arenicola – F. argyropus – F. atrostachya – F. bolusiana – F. borealis – F. brevifolia – F. bulbosa – F. capillifolia – F. capitella – F. cedarbergensis – F. ciliata – F. cinnamomea – F. compasbergensis – F. crinita – F. dasystachys – F. deusta – F. distans – F. dunensis – F. dura – F. ecklonea – F. elatior – F. esterhuyseniae – F. fascicularis – F. fastigiata – F. filiculmea – F. filiformis – F. gracilis – F. grandiflora – F. gydomontana – F. hemiuncialis – F. incomtula – F. indica – F. involuta – F. ixioides – F. jardinei – F. laciniata – F. laevis – F. lateralis – F. latifolia – F. leiocarpa – F. leucoloma – F. levynsiae – F. lucida – F. macowanii – F. marginata – F. micrantha – F. minuta – F. minutiflora – F. mucronata – F. nana – F. neocapensis – F. nigrescens – F. nodosa – F. oligantha – F. overbergensis – F. pallens – F. paradoxa – F. petrophylla – F. pinguior – F. polystachya – F. praemorsa – F. pusilla – F. pygmaea – F. quartzicola – F. quinquangularis – F. radiata – F. ramosissima – F. repens – F. rigida – F. secunda – F. spiralis – F. stirtonii – F. stolonifera – F. swartruggensis – F. sylvatica – F. trichodes – F. tristachya – F. trollii – F. truncata – F. undosa – F. zeyheri

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Ficinia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Sept. 11. Reference page.

Name

Ficinia Schrad., Commentat. Soc. Regiae Sci. Gott. Recent. 7: 143. (1832)

Type species: Ficinia filiformis (Lam.) Schrad., Anal. Fl. Cap. 1: 46. (1832)

Synonyms

Melancranis Vahl, Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 239 (1805).
Hypolepis P.Beauv. ex T.Lestib., Essai Cypér.: 33 (1819).
Hemichlaena Schrad., Gött. Gel. Anz. 3: 2066 (1821).
Acrolepis Schrad., Commentat. Soc. Regiae Sci. Gott. Recent. 7: 142 (1832).
Hypophialium Nees, Linnaea 7: 530 (1832).
Pleurachne Schrad., Commentat. Soc. Regiae Sci. Gott. Recent. 7: 147 (1832).
Schoenidium Nees, Linnaea 9: 291 (1834).
Sickmannia Nees, Linnaea 9: 292 (1834).
Desmoschoenus Hook.f., Fl. Nov.-Zel. 1: 271 (1853).
Chamaexiphium Hochst. ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 59 (1854), nom. illeg.
Anthophyllum Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 160 (1855).

References

Primary references

Schrader, H.A., 1832. Commentationes Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Gottingensis Recentiores 7: 143.

Additional references

Muasya, A.M. & de Lange, P.J. 2010. Ficinia spiralis (Cyperaceae) a new genus and combination for Desmoschoenus spiralis. New Zealand Journal of Botany 48(1): 31–39. DOI: 10.1080/00288251003660703 . Reference page.
Muasya, A.M. & Larridon, I. 2021. Delimiting the genera of the Ficinia Clade (Cypereae, Cyperaceae) based on molecular phylogenetic data. PeerJ 9, p.e10737 . Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Ficinia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Sept. 11. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Ficinia. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 11 2022.
Tropicos.org 2022. Ficinia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Sept. 2022.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ficinia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: Knotted or Knobby Club-rushes