Fuirena pubescens (Poir.) Kunth

Native to:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Chad, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Guinea, India, Iran, Italy, Kenya, Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Rwanda, Spain, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

• Amini Rad, M., Poormirzaii, A. & Saber Amoli, S. (2008). Fuirena pubescens (Cyperaceae), first report of the genus for Iran. Iranian Journal of Botany 14: 108-109.
• Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
• Browning, J. & al. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 14: 1-455. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2008). Flora Iberica 18: 1-420. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
• Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
• Edwards, S., Demissew, S., & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1997). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 6: i-xxviii, 1-586. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
• Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
• Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.
• Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
• Retief, E. & Meyer, N.L. (2017). Plants of the Free State inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 1-1236. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Flora Zambesiaca

• Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. 5: 648 (1894);
• Clarke in F.T.A. 8: 463 (1902).
• Gordon-Gray in Strelitzia 2: 102, figs.39C,F, 40 (1995).
• Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 50, figs.58,59 (1983).
• Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 182 (1837).
• Muasya in F.T.E.A., Cyperaceae: 11, 12, fig.2, 3 (2010).
• Muasya in Kew Bull. 53: 193 (1998);

Kew Backbone Distributions

• Amini Rad, M., Poormirzaii, A. & Saber Amoli, S. (2008). Fuirena pubescens (Cyperaceae), first report of the genus for Iran. Iranian Journal of Botany 14: 108-109.
• Browning, J. & al. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 14: 1-455. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• Edwards, S., Demissew, S., & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1997). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 6: i-xxviii, 1-586. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
• Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
• Retief, E. & Meyer, N.L. (2017). Plants of the Free State inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 1-1236. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

• A. Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 497 (1850)
• Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. 5: 648 (1895)
• Engl., Hochgeb. Trop Afr.: 146 (1894)
• Enum. Pl. 2: 182 (1837)
• F.T.A. 8: 463 (1902)
• Fl. Cap. 7: 261 (1897)
• Flora 62: 566 (1879)
• J. EA Nat. Hist. Soc. 25 (1) (110): 20 (1965)
• K.B. 53: 193 (1998).
• Linnaea 37: 104 (1874)
• P.O.A. C: 126 (1895)
• Rendle, Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 2: 128 (1899)
• Strelitzia 2: 101, fig. 39cF & 40 (1995)