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Ficinia
Also called Knotted Or Knobby Club Rushes, Star Grasses
Ficinia is a genus of tufted or rhizomatous sedges in the family Cyperaceae. There are 91 accepted species – around 70 recognised species in Africa, four species (Ficinia ambigua, Ficinia anomala, Ficinia nodosa, and Ficinia spiralis) that occur in New Zealand and a single species Ficinia nodosa that occurs in Australia. The genus was described by German botanist Heinrich Adolph Schrader after another German botanist, Heinrich David August Ficinus.
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