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.

Zambia: 0 taxa.

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Flora of Burundi: Ficinia
Flora of Malawi: Ficinia
Flora of Mozambique: Ficinia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Ficinia

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Ficinia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Ficinia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Ficinia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Ficinia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Ficinia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ficinia
JSTOR Plant Science: Ficinia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Ficinia
Plants of the World Online: Ficinia
Tropicos: Ficinia
Wikipedia: Ficinia