Fuirena

Contains 6 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Fuirena Rottb.
CYPERACEAE
UMBRELLASEDGE
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Classification
POALES
Fuirena
Citation
FUIRENA Rottbøll, Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl. 70, t. 19(3). 1773.
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TYPE: Fuirena umbellata Rottbøll
Distribution Map Present

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Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Fuirena breviseta SALTMARSH UMBRELLASEDGE Native OBL (NWPL) OBL (DEP)
Fuirena pumila DWARF UMBRELLASEDGE Native OBL (NWPL) OBL (DEP)
Fuirena scirpoidea SOUTHERN UMBRELLASEDGE Native OBL (NWPL) OBL (DEP)
Fuirena simplex WESTERN UMBRELLASEDGE Not Native
Fuirena squarrosa HAIRY UMBRELLASEDGE Native OBL (NWPL) OBL (DEP)
Fuirena umbellata YEFEN; TROPICAL UMBRELLASEDGE Not Native
Identification Key
1.  Rhizomes long-creeping; leaves lacking blades or blades to 2 cm long (very rarely to 5 cm long)
2
1.  Rhizomes absent or culms mostly clustered on the rhizome; leaves commonly with blades 2-20 cm long
3
2.  Leaf blades to 2(5) cm long; involucral bract longer than spikelets; spikelets mostly lance-ovoid or lance-cylindric, sessile in terminal cluster or sometimes some peduncled; perianth blade tips acuminate
F. longa
2.  Leaf blades to 4 mm long, rarely longer; involucral bract shorter than spikelets; spikelets mostly ovoid, sessile in terminal cluster; perianth blade tips mostly acute
F. scirpoidea
3.  Rhizomes without cormlike shoot buds; sheaths mostly glabrous; perianth blade apex with a subapical apiculus or bristle, rarely lacking
F. simplex
3.  Rhizomes with cormlike shoot buds; sheaths glabrous, hispid, or hirsute; perianth blade apex, without subapical, abaxial apiculus or bristle
4
4.  Perianth bristle smooth or weakly antrorsely barbed, not reaching perianth blades
F. breviseta
4.  Perianth bristles finely retrorsely barbed, reaching at least base of perianth blades
5
5.  Annual; perianth blade tip long-acuminate to aristate; anthers 0.5-0.7 mm long
F. pumila
5.  Perennial; perianth blade tip acuminate; anthers ca. 1 mm long
F. squarrosa
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F. umbellata
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Vaginaria Vaginaria Persoon, Syn. Pl. 1: 70. 1805. TYPE: Vaginaria richardii Persoon, nom. illegit. (Fuirena scirpoidea Michaux)