465.000 Ficinia Schrad.
Description of the genus
Tufted perennial with horizontal woody rhizomes. Stems scapose. Leaf blade often ligulate. Involucral bracts leaf-like. Inflorescence a lateral or terminal head with up to 25 spikelets. Spikelets have many reddish-brown to black glumes. Nutlet blackish when mature. Worldwide: 60 species in the tropics and subtropics. Mozambique: 2 taxa. |
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-23
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2023).
Flora of Mozambique: Genus page: Ficinia. https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=274, retrieved 31 March 2023
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