| Home | > | List of families | > | Cyperaceae | > | Fuirena | > | umbellata |
Fuirena umbellata
Selected images: Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record View all images (8)
Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Oct 2012
Photo: Lari Merret
Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Apr 2013
Photo: Lari Merret
Specimen citations: Display citations Detailed records: Display species records QDS maps by: Google Maps Point records by Google Maps
Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)
| Synonyms: |
Fuirena oedipus C.B. Clarke |
| Common names: | Mpala-kabatila (Kunda) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Characterised by 5-ridged culms & sheaths. Floral scales without basal stalks (claws). (Gordon-Gray) |
| Type location: |
Surinam |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | umbellata: bearing flowers in umbels |
| Habitat: | Seasonally wet grassland; swamp forest. |
| Altitude range: | 0 - 1900 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Pantropical |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | B,N,C,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Lp,N,Mc,C,Lk,S,W |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Tuesday 27 June 2017 |
| Literature: |
Browning, J., Gordon-Gray, K.D., Lock, M., Beentje, H., Vollesen, K., Bauters, K., Archer, C., Larridon, I., Xanthos, M., Vorster, P., Bruhl, J., Wilson, K. & Zhang, X. (2020). Cyperaceae Flora Zambesiaca 14 Pages 15 - 16. Fowler, D.G. (2007). Zambian Plants: Their Vernacular Names and Uses, Kew Publishing Gordon-Gray, K.D. (1995). Cyperaceae in Natal Strelitzia 2 Page 104. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 556. (Includes a picture). Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H.J. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 20 - 21. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 88. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 120. Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 183. |
Other sources of information about Fuirena umbellata:
Our websites:
Flora of Botswana: Fuirena umbellataFlora of Burundi: Fuirena umbellata
Flora of Caprivi: Fuirena umbellata
Flora of Malawi: Fuirena umbellata
Flora of Mozambique: Fuirena umbellata
Flora of Zimbabwe: Fuirena umbellata
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Fuirena umbellataAfrican Plant Database: Fuirena umbellata
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Fuirena umbellata
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Fuirena umbellata
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Fuirena umbellata
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Fuirena umbellata
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Fuirena umbellata
JSTOR Plant Science: Fuirena umbellata
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Fuirena umbellata
Plants of the World Online: Fuirena umbellata
Tropicos: Fuirena umbellata
Wikipedia: Fuirena umbellata
| Home | > | List of families | > | Cyperaceae | > | Fuirena | > | umbellata |