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Fuirena robusta Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 185. 1837
Fuirena bahiensis Lindl. & Nees; Nees in Mart. Fl. Bras. 2^: 108. 1842. (Brazil.) Fuirena latifolia Steud. Syn. Cyp. 126. 1855. (Bahia, Brazil.)
Fuirena schiaophylla C. Wright in Sauv. Anal. Acad. Ci. Habana 8: 82. 1871. (Vuelta de Abajo, Cuba.)
Tali, erect perennial ; culms thick, spongy, 1-2 m. high, 4-5 angled ; leaves numerous, glabrous, with short, thick, slightly scabrous blades 5-10 cm. long, mostly 1-2 cm. wide; spikelets in axillary and terminal compound umbels, grayish-pubescent or brownish, 5-10 mm. long, acute, the appressed scales tipped with a short, stout mucro; perianth-scales stipitate, the body ovate and thickened, aristate at the apex; bristles slender, nearly equaling the scales, usually smooth ; achene with a glabrous short beak ; anthers 1 mm. long.
Type locality : Southern Brazil.
Distribution: Cuba; Panama (Barro Colorado Island, L. H. Bailey 256) ; Suriname • Brazil
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Henry Knut Svenson. 1957. (POALES); (CYPERACEAE); SCIRPEAE (CONTINUATIO). North American flora. vol 18(9). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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