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Fimbristylis

The genus Fimbristylis is in the family Cyperaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Fimbristylis

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Fimbristylis acicularis R.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis acuminata Vahl Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis adenolepis J.Kern Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis adjuncta S.T.Blake Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis × adventitia Ces. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis aestivalis Vahl Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis aggregata C.E.C.Fisch. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis alata E.G.Camus Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis albicans Nees Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis alboviridis C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis ambavanensis V.P.Prasad & N.P.Singh Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis ammobia Latz Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis amplocarpa Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis angamoozhiensis Ravi & Anil Kumar Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis anisoclada Ohwi Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis aphylla Steud. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis argentea (Rottb.) Vahl Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis argillicola Kral Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis arnhemensis Latz Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis arnottiana Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis arthrostyloides W.Fitzg. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis aspera (Schrad.) Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis assamica C.B.Clarke ex Guha Bakshi Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis autumnalis (L.) Roem. & Schult. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis bahiensis Steud. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis barteri Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis benthamiana Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis bispicula Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis bisumbellata (Forssk.) Bubani Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis bivalvis (Lam.) Lye Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis blakei Latz Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis blepharolepis J.Kern Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis borbonica Steud. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis brevivaginata Kral Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis brunneoides J.Kern Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis caesia Miq. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis caespitosa R.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis calcicola J.Kern Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis caloptera Latz Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis camptotricha C. Wright ex D'Arcy Accepted M TRO
Fimbristylis cancellata Cherm. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis capilliculmis Ohwi Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis cardiocarpa F.Muell. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis caroliniana (Lam.) Fernald Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis carolinii Latz Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis carpopoda Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis celebica Ohwi Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis cephalophora F.Muell. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis cephalotes Steud. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis chingmaiensis S.M.Huang Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis cinnamometorum (Vahl) Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis circumciliata Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis clavata S.T.Blake Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis compacta Turrill Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis complanata (Retz.) Link Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis composita Latz Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis consanguinea Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis contorta C.E.C.Fisch. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis corynocarya F.Muell. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis costiglumis Domin Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis crystallina Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis cuneata Govind. & S.K.Varma Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis cymosa R.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis dauciformis Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis debilis Steud. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis decipiens Kral Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis densa S.T.Blake Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis denudata R.Br. Accepted L WCSP
Fimbristylis dichotoma (L.) Vahl Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis dichotomoides Tang & F.T.Wang Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis dictyocolea S.T.Blake Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis diglumoides Govind. & S.K.Varma Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis dimorphonucifera Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis diphylloides Makino Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis dipsacea (Rottb.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis disticha Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis distincta S.T.Blake Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis dolera S.T.Blake Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis doliiformis Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis dunlopii Latz Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis dura (Zoll. & Moritzi) Merr. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis eichleriana Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis elegans S.T.Blake Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis eligulata Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis engleriana Buscal. & Muschl. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis eragrostis (Nees) Hance Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis eremophila Latz Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis falcata (Vahl) Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis falcifolia Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis fenestrata Kük. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis ferruginea (L.) Vahl Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis fibrillosa Goetgh. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis filifolia Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis fimbristyloides (F.Muell.) Druce Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis fordii C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis fuchsiana Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis fulvescens (Thwaites) Thwaites Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis furva R.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis fusca (Nees) Benth. ex C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis fuscinux C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis fuscoides C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis gabonica Cherm. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis gambleana Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis gentarea Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis gigantea Kük. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis glaucophylla (Boeckeler) Beetle Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis glazioviana Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis gracilenta Hance Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis griffithii Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis hainanensis Tang & F.T.Wang Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis hawaiiensis Hillebr. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis henryi C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis hirsutifolia Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis hookeriana Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis humerosa Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis hyalina Govind. & Sasidh. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis hygrophila Gordon-Gray Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis inaguensis Britton Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis insignis Thwaites Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis intonsa S.T.Blake Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis × itaru-itoana T.Koyama Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis jucunda (C.B.Clarke) J.Kern Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis juncea (G.Forst.) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis juncocephala Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis kadzusana Ohwi Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis kernii T.Koyama Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis kingii Gamble ex Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis kraussiana Hochst. ex Steud. Accepted M TRO
Fimbristylis kwantungensis C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis lanata Roem. & Schult. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis lanceolata C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis lasiophylla J.Kern Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis latiglumifera Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis latinucifera Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis lawiana (Boeckeler) J.Kern Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis laxiglumis Latz Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis leptoclada Benth. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis leucocolea Benth. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis leucostachya Roem. & Schult. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis ligulata Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis limosa Poepp. & Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis lineatisquama Ohwi Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis lithophila Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis littoralis Gaudich. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis longibracteata Pires de Lima Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis longispica Steud. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis longistigmata Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis longistipitata Tang & F.T.Wang Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis macassarensis Steud. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis macrantha Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis madagascariensis Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis malayana Ohwi Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis mangorensis Cherm. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis manilaliana Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis maracandica Zakirov Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis merguensis C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis merrillii J.Kern Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis mexicana Palla Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis micans S.T.Blake Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis microcarya F.Muell. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis modesta S.T.Blake Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis monospicula Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis monticola Hochst. ex Steud. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis mozambicensis Gand. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis multicephala Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis multinervia Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis mycosa Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis nagpurensis V.P.Prasad & N.P.Singh Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis naikii Wad.Khan & Lakshmin. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis nanningensis Tang & F.T.Wang Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis narayanii C.E.C.Fisch. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis neilsonii F.Muell. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis nelmesii J.Kern Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis neocaledonica C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis nigritana C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis nuda Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis nutans (Retz.) Vahl Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis oblonga T.Koyama Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis obtusata (C.B.Clarke) Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis odontocarpa S.T.Blake Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis onchnidiocarpa J.Kern Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis ovata (Burm.f.) J.Kern Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis oxystachya F.Muell. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis pachyptera S.T.Blake Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis palauensis Ohwi Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis pallida S.T.Blake Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis pallidula L. Accepted M TRO
Fimbristylis pandurata Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis parvilenta T.Koyama Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis pauciflora R.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis paupercula Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis pentastachya Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis perlaxa Ohwi Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis perpusilla R.M.Harper. ex Small & Britton Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis perspicua Govind. & Sasidh. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis phaeolepis J.Kern Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis phaeoleuca S.T.Blake Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis pierotii Miq. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis pilifera W.Fitzg. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis pilosa Vahl Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis polytrichoides (Retz.) R.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis prabatensis D.A.Simpson Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis psammocola Tang & F.T.Wang Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis psammophila J.Kern Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis pseudomicrocarya Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis pseudonarayanii Ravi & Anil Kumar Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis pterygosperma R.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis puberula Vahl Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis pubisquama J.Kern Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis punctata R.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis pustulosa Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis quadriflora (Boeckeler) Beetle Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis quinquangularis (Vahl) Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis rara R.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis ratnagirica V.P.Prasad & N.P.Singh Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis raymondii T.Koyama Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis recta F.M.Bailey Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis rectifolia Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis rhizomatosa Pires de Lima Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis rhodesiana Rendle Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis rhyticarya F.Muell. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis rigidiuscula Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis rigidula Nees Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis rufoglumosa Tang & F.T.Wang Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis rugosa Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis rupestris Latz Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis sachetiana Fosberg Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis salbundia (Nees) Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis sanjappae W.Khan & Solanke Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis savannicola J.Kern Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis scaberrima Nees Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis scabrida Schumach. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis scabrisquama Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis schoenoides (Retz.) Vahl Accepted L WCSP
Fimbristylis schultzii Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis schulzii Boeck. Accepted M TRO
Fimbristylis schweinfurthiana Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis semarangensis Ohwi Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis semidisticha Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis sericea (Poir.) R.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis shimadana Ohwi Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis signata S.T.Blake Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis simaoensis Y.Y.Qian Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis simplex S.T.Blake Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis simpsonii V.P.Prasad & N.P.Singh Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis simulans Latz Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis singularis Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis sleumeri J.Kern Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis smitinandii T.Koyama Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis solidifolia F.Muell. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis spadicea (L.) Vahl Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis sphaerocephala Benth. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis spicigera J.Kern Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis spiralis R.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis splendida C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis squarrosa Vahl Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis squarrulosa F.Muell. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis stauntonii Debeaux & Franch. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis stenostachya S.T.Blake Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis stigmatotecta Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis stolonifera C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis straminea Turrill Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis strigosa Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis striolata Napper Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis subalata J.Kern Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis subaristata Benth. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis subdura Ohwi Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis subinclinata T.Koyama Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis subtrabeculata C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis subtricephala T.Koyama Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis sumbaensis Ohwi Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis swamyi Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis tamaensis Steyerm. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis tenera Schult. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis tenuicula Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis tenuinervia J.Kern Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis tenuis Roem. & Schult. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis tetragona R.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis thermalis S.Watson Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis thomsonii Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis tortifolia Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis trachycarya F.Muell. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis trichocaulis C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis trichoides J.Kern Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis trichophylla Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis triflora (L.) K.Schum. ex Engl. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis trigastrocarya F.Muell. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis tristachya R.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis tumida Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis tunquinensis Boeckeler Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis turkestanica (Regel) B.Fedtsch. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis uliginosa Hochst. ex Steud. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis ultragluma Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis umbellaris (Lam.) Vahl Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis unispicularis Govind. & Hemadri Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis urakasiana Kük. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis vagans S.T.Blake Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis vaginata (R.Br.) Domin Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis vahlii (Lam.) Link Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis vanoverberghii Kük. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis variegata Gordon-Gray Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis villosissima Steud. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis virella Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis warmingii (Boeckeler) Malme Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis wetarensis Ohwi Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis willdenowiana Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis woodrowii C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis wukungshanensis Tang & F.T.Wang Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis xyridis R.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis yunnanensis C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis zatei W.Khan & D.P.Chavan Accepted H WCSP
Fimbristylis zeylanica T.Koyama Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 797 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Fimbristylis. Of these 312 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 231 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Fimbristylis. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 797 species names for the genus Fimbristylis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 312 39.1%
◕ Synonym 468 58.7%
◕ Unplaced 12 1.5%
◕ Unassessed 5 0.6%

All names

The status of the 1,028 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Fimbristylis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 351 34.1%
◕ Synonym 659 64.1%
◕ Unplaced 12 1.2%
◕ Unassessed 6 0.6%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 797 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Fimbristylis, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 306 439 0 0 745 93.5%
Medium confidence 4 19 0 0 23 2.9%
Low confidence 2 10 12 5 29 3.6%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Fimbristylis, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 4 19 0 5 0 28 3.5%
WCSP 308 449 12 0 0 769 96.5%