Fuirena
{{short description|Genus of Cyperaceae plants}}
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|image_caption = Fuirena squarrosa
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|taxon = Fuirena
|authority = Rottb.Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl.: 70 (1773)
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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.{{cite book |last1=Britton |first1=Nathaniel |last2=Brown |first2=Addison |date=1896 |title=An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions; Volume I: Ophioglossaceae to Aizoaceae Ferns to Carpet-Weed |location=New York |publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons |page=274 }}
Species
Species currently accepted by The Plant List{{cite web |url=http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Cyperaceae/Fuirena/ |title=Fuirena |author= |website=theplantlist.org |publisher=The Plant List |access-date=20 June 2020 }} are as follows:
- Fuirena abnormalis C.B.Clarke
- Fuirena angolensis (C.B.Clarke) Lye ex J.Raynal & Roessler
- Fuirena arenosa R.Br.
- Fuirena bernieri Cherm.
- Fuirena bidgoodiae Hoenselaar & Muasya
- Fuirena boreocoerulescens Lye
- Fuirena breviseta (Coville) Coville
- Fuirena bullifera J.Raynal & Roessler
- Fuirena bushii Kral
- Fuirena camptotricha C.Wright
- Fuirena ciliaris (L.) Roxb.
- Fuirena claviseta Peter
- Fuirena coerulescens Steud.
- Fuirena cuspidata (Roth) Kunth
- Fuirena ecklonii Nees
- Fuirena enodis C.B.Clarke
- Fuirena felicis S.S.Hooper
- Fuirena friesii Kük.
- Fuirena gracilis Kunth
- Fuirena hirsuta (P.J.Bergius) P.L.Forbes
- Fuirena incompleta Nees
- Fuirena incrassata S.T.Blake
- Fuirena lainzii Luceño & M.Alves
- Fuirena leptostachya Oliv.
- Fuirena longa Chapm.
- Fuirena microcarpa Lye
- Fuirena moritziana Boeckeler
- Fuirena mutali Muasya & Nordal
- Fuirena nudiflora S.T.Blake
- Fuirena nyasensis Nelmes
- Fuirena obcordata P.L.Forbes
- Fuirena ochreata Nees ex Kunth
- Fuirena oedipus C.B.Clarke
- Fuirena pachyrrhiza Ridl.
- Fuirena ponmudiensis Ravi & Anil Kumar
- Fuirena pubescens (Poir.) Kunth
- Fuirena pumila (Torr.) Spreng.
- Fuirena quercina Cherm.
- Fuirena repens Boeckeler
- Fuirena rhizomatifera Tang & F.T.Wang
- Fuirena robusta Kunth
- Fuirena sagittata Lye
- Fuirena scirpoidea Michx.
- Fuirena simplex Vahl
- Fuirena simpsonii Ravi, N.Mohanan & Shaju
- Fuirena somaliensis Lye
- Fuirena squarrosa Michx.
- Fuirena stephani Ramos & Diego
- Fuirena striatella Lye
- Fuirena stricta Steud.
- Fuirena subdigitata C.B.Clarke
- Fuirena swamyi Govind.
- Fuirena tenuis P.L.Forbes
- Fuirena trilobites C.B.Clarke
- Fuirena tuwensis M.B.Deshp. & Shah
- Fuirena umbellata Rottb.
- Fuirena uncinata (Willd.) Kunth
- Fuirena welwitschii Ridl.
- Fuirena zambesiaca Lye