Fuirena umbellata
Yefen
Also known as: Fuirena appendiculata Peter +17 more
- Fuirena appendiculata Peter
- Fuirena brachylepis Peter
- Fuirena brasiliensis Palla
- Fuirena brasiliensis Raddi
- Fuirena canescens Vahl
- Fuirena complotricha C.Wright
- Fuirena glomerata Lam.
- Fuirena glomerata Rottb.
- Fuirena guianensis Klotzsch
- Fuirena haemaglottis Steud.
- Fuirena hildebrandtii Boeckeler
- Fuirena mahouxii Cherm.
- Fuirena mauritiana Nees
- Fuirena mauritiana Nees ex Kunth
- Fuirena mauritiana subsp. angustifolia Kunth
- Fuirena mauritiana var. angustifolia Kunth
- Fuirena multiflora Peter
- Fuirena paniculata L.f.
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Cyperaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a helophyte.
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Indigenous to Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, North America, the Pacific, and South America, Fuirena umbellata (commonly known as Yefen) is a sedge belonging to the Cyperaceae family. In its natural range, this species typically occurs in wet tropical conditions.
Macro Climate
Tropical
Plant Type
Sedge
Plant Type
Herbaceous Perennial
Plant Type
Aquatic Plant
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
AFRICA, ASIA-TEMPERATE, ASIA-TROPICAL, AUSTRALASIA, NORTHERN AMERICA, PACIFIC, SOUTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Australia, Brazil, Caribbean, Central America, China, East Tropical Africa, Eastern Asia, Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia, Mexico, Northeast Tropical Africa, Northern South America, Northwestern Pacific, Papuasia, South Tropical Africa, Southeastern U.S.A., Southern Africa, Southern South America, West Tropical Africa, West-Central Tropical Africa, Western Indian Ocean, Western South America
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Angola, Argentina Northeast, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, The, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Leeward Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Marianas, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Surinam, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe