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

sedge The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus '' Carex'' ...

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Cyperaceae The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus '' Carex'' ...

. There are around 70 recognised species in

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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'') that occur in ...

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

Ficinia nodosa ''Ficinia nodosa'', the knotted club-rush or knobby club-rush, is a rhizomatous perennial in the family Cyperaceae, native to South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. Widespread in the Southern Hemisphere, ''Ficinia nodosa'' grows to betwee ...

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Ficinia spiralis ''Ficinia spiralis'' (pīngao, pīkao, or golden sand sedge) is a coastal sedge endemic to New Zealand (including the Chatham Islands). Originally widespread, it has suffered severely from competition with introduced marram grass and animal gra ...

'') that occur in

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and a single species ''Ficinia nodosa'' that occurs in Australia.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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