|
Genus: Ficinia Life
> eukaryotes >
Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
>
Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Poales
> Family: Cyperaceae
Sixty-four species, all native to southern Africa and
mostly endemic to the region but with a couple with distributions extending as
far north as Tanzania. Ficinia acrostachys and Ficinia macowanii
are not included here, as their current taxonomical status is uncertain.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI) and
Flora of Zimbabwe.
Ficinia acuminata |
|
Ficinia albicans |
|
Ficinia anceps |
|
Ficinia angustifolia |
|
Ficinia anysbergensis |
|
Ficinia arenicola |
|
Ficinia argyropa |
|
Ficinia brevifolia |
|
Ficinia bulbosa |
 |
Ficinia capillifolia |
|
Ficinia capitella |
|
Ficinia cedarbergensis |
|
Ficinia cinnamomea |
|
Ficinia compasbergensis |
|
Ficinia crinita |
|
Ficinia dasystachys |
|
Ficinia decidua |
|
Ficinia deusta |
 |
Ficinia distans |
|
Ficinia dunensis |
|
Ficinia dura |
|
Ficinia ecklonea |
|
Ficinia elatior |
|
Ficinia esterhuyseniae |
|
Ficinia fascicularis |
|
Ficinia fastigiata |
|
Ficinia filiculmea |
|
Ficinia filiformis |
|
Ficinia gracilis |
|
Ficinia grandiflora |
|
Ficinia gydomontana |
|
Ficinia indica |
|
Ficinia ixioides |
|
Ficinia laciniata |
|
Ficinia laevis |
|
Ficinia lateralis |
 |
Ficinia latifolia |
|
Ficinia levynsiae |
|
Ficinia micrantha |
|
Ficinia minutiflora |
|
Ficinia monticola |
|
Ficinia mucronata |
|
Ficinia nigrescens |
|
Ficinia nodosa |
 |
Ficinia oligantha |
|
Ficinia pallens |
|
Ficinia paradoxa |
|
Ficinia petrophila |
|
Ficinia pinguior |
|
Ficinia polystachya |
|
Ficinia praemorsa |
|
Ficinia pygmaea |
|
Ficinia quinquangularis |
|
Ficinia radiata (Stergras) Low-growing herb (4-20
cm high), growing in the fynbos of the Western Cape from Ceres to Stilbaai.
The halo of broad, golden yellow bracts surrounding the flower head is
distinctive. |
 |
Ficinia ramosissima |
|
Ficinia repens |
|
Ficinia rigida |
|
Ficinia secunda |
|
Ficinia stolonifera |
|
Ficinia trichodes |
|
Ficinia trispicata |
|
Ficinia tristachya |
|
Ficinia truncata |
|
Ficinia zeyheri |
|
|
