''Ficinia'' is a genus of tufted or rhizomatous

sedge The Cyperaceae () are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as wikt:sedge, sedges. The family (biology), family is large; botanists have species description, described some 5,500 known species in about 90 ...

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Cyperaceae The Cyperaceae () are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as wikt:sedge, sedges. The family (biology), family is large; botanists have species description, described some 5,500 known species in about 90 ...

. There are around 70 recognised species in Africa, four species (''

Ficinia ambigua ''Ficinia'' is a genus of tufted or rhizomatous sedges in the family Cyperaceae. There are around 70 recognised species in Africa, four species ('' Ficinia ambigua'', '' Ficinia anomala'', ''Ficinia nodosa,'' and ''Ficinia spiralis ''Ficinia ...

'', '' Ficinia anomala'', ''

Ficinia nodosa ''Ficinia'' is a genus of tufted or rhizomatous sedges in the family Cyperaceae. There are around 70 recognised species in Africa, four species ('' Ficinia ambigua'', '' Ficinia anomala'', '' Ficinia nodosa,'' and ''Ficinia spiralis ''Ficini ...

,'' and ''

Ficinia spiralis ''Ficinia spiralis'' (pīngao, pīkao, or golden sand sedge) is a coastal Cyperaceae, sedge endemic (ecology), endemic to New Zealand (including the Chatham Islands). Originally widespread, it has suffered severely from competition with introdu ...

'') that occur in New Zealand and a single species ''Ficinia nodosa'' that occurs in Australia.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> The genus was described by German botanist Heinrich Adolph Schrader after another German botanist, Heinrich David August Ficinus.

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