African Plant Database


Fuirena umbellata Rottb.
Family : CYPERACEAE
Protologue : Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl.: 70. t. 19. (1773)
Information on the genus : Fuirena
 
 
Status
Status for MA : accepted (present)
Status for NA : accepted (present)
Status for SA : accepted (present)
Status for TA : accepted (present)
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=Scirpus fuirena T.Koyama
=Fuirena glomerata Lam. (1791) (1791) type only
=Fuirena hildebrandtii Boeckeler
=Fuirena mahouxii Cherm.
=Fuirena seriata C.B.Clarke (1907)
=Fuirena pentagona K.Schum. (1827)
=*Fuirena glomerata Bojer (1837)
=Fuirena thouarsiana Kunth (1837)
=Fuirena mauritiana Nees (1834)
 
Ecology and distribution
South. Afr.
Biol./Eco : perennial-Herb, Helophyte, Cyperoid- Ht 0.4 - 1.5 m. Alt: 5 - 1280 m. Distribution: BOT, NAM, KN
Mada.
Biol./Eco : Herb; Dry, Humid, Subarid; Freshwater Wetland, Shrubland; 0-499 m, 1000-1499 m; distribution: Mascarenes, Africa, Asia, Australasia/Pacific, New World,

Bibliography for Southern Africa :
  • Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 3[2]: 325 (1972).

Bibliography for North Africa :
  • OZENDA, P. (1983). Flore du Sahara. (ed. 2). Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS.), Paris, 622p. [p.142]
  • HAINES, R. W. & K. A. LYE (1983). The sedges and rushes of East africa East Afr. Nat. Hist. Soc., 404pp. Nairobi & Norsk Oikos A/S, Kroer (Norge). [p.49]
 
More info on :
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative
see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale
see under Fgui
see under The International Plant Name Index
see under Catalogue de Madagascar
see under Tropicos
see under Flora of Zimbabwe
see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU
 
Map
carte afrique num 38471
 
Record n°38471
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