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Cyperaceae

Yefen

Fuirena umbellata Rottb.

Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Fuirena

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Yefen: Fuirena umbellata on Mamelle de Pigeon on Guadeloupe
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
Chinese
河豚子, 芙兰草, 芙蘭草, 黑珠蒿
English
Yefen

Synonyms

  • Fuirena appendiculata Peter
  • Fuirena brachylepis Peter
  • Fuirena brasiliensis Palla
  • Fuirena brasiliensis Raddi
  • Fuirena canescens Vahl
  • Fuirena capitata Willd. ex Kunth
  • Fuirena complotricha C.Wright
  • Fuirena glomerata Lam.
  • Fuirena guianensis Klotzsch
  • Fuirena haemaglottis Steud.
  • Fuirena hildebrandtii Boeckeler
  • Fuirena mahouxii Cherm.
  • Fuirena mauritiana Nees ex Kunth
  • Fuirena mauritiana Nees
  • Fuirena mauritiana var. angustifolia Kunth
  • Fuirena multiflora Peter
  • Fuirena paniculata L.f.
  • Fuirena pentagona Wight & Arn. ex Nees
  • Fuirena pentagona Schumach.
  • Fuirena philippinensis Gand.
  • Fuirena quinguangularis Hassk.
  • Fuirena rivularis Nees
  • Fuirena seriata C.B.Clarke
  • Fuirena tereticulmis J.Presl & C.Presl
  • Fuirena thouarsiana Kunth
  • Fuirena umbellata var. americana H.Pfeiff.
  • Fuirena umbellata var. pilosa Domin
  • Fuirena umbellata var. typica Domin
  • Fuirena umbellata var. unguiculata Kük.
  • Scirpus fuirena T.Koyama
  • Scirpus rivularis D.Don. ex Nees
  • Scirpus umbellatus (Rottb.) Kuntze

Characteristics

Growth habit
Graminoid
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Pacific Basin: native, Puerto Rico: native

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.