Code
FUISR
Growth form
Sedge
Biological cycle
Annual/Vivacious
Habitat
Marshland
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📚 Overview
Description
Global description
Fuirena stricta is an annual or vivacious tuft plant. The upright stems are medium in size, about 60 cm high. They bear short leaves, staggered all along the stem. The inflorescence is terminal. It consists of a small cluster of ellipsoid spikelets with 5 angles.
General habit
Vivacious or annual plant slender, forming a tuft 60 cm high.
Underground system
Fasciculate root system emitted from short and fine rhizomes.
Stem
The stems are thin and erect, of triangular section. They measure 60 cm in height.
Leaf
The leaves are simple, alternate. They are arranged all along the stem in a tristichous arrangement. The blade is short, 5 cm long maximum, rigid, single-veined.
Inflorescence
The inflorescence is terminal to subterminal. It consists of a small group of 2 to 5 spikelets.
Spikelet
The spikelet is closely ellipsoid, angular with 5 angles. It is 10 mm long and 2 to 3 mm wide. It is yellowish in color.
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
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📚 Natural History
Ecology
Fuirena stricta grows in swamps, paddy fields and wet savannas.
Côte d'Ivoire: Rice paddy weed and species growing in the swamps in the forest region and in the savannah.
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
Description
Worldwide distribution
Fuirena stricta is present throughout tropical Africa, as far as Madagascar.
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
Risk Statement
Local harmfulness
Benin: Fuirena stricta is rare and scanty in paddy fields.
Burkina Faso: rare and scanty.
Ghana: frequent and scanty.
Senegal: rare but abundant when it is present.
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📚 Uses and Management
Management
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📚 Information Listing
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References
- Johnson, D.E. 1997. Les adventices en riziculture en Afrique de l'Ouest. ADRAO/WARDA, Bouaké, Côte-d'Ivoire.
- Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M., Keay, R.W.J., Hepper, F.N. 1972. Flora of west tropical africa. The Whitefriars Press, London & Tonbridge, Great Britain.
- Grard, P., T. Le Bourgeois, J. Rodenburg, P. Marnotte, A. Carrara, R. Irakiza, D. Makokha, G. kyalo, K. Aloys, K. Iswaria, N. Nguyen and G. Tzelepoglou (2012). AFROweeds V.1.0: African weeds of rice Montpellier, France & Cotonou, Bénin, Cirad-AfricaRice eds
Information Listing > References
- Johnson, D.E. 1997. Les adventices en riziculture en Afrique de l'Ouest. ADRAO/WARDA, Bouaké, Côte-d'Ivoire.
- Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M., Keay, R.W.J., Hepper, F.N. 1972. Flora of west tropical africa. The Whitefriars Press, London & Tonbridge, Great Britain.
- Grard, P., T. Le Bourgeois, J. Rodenburg, P. Marnotte, A. Carrara, R. Irakiza, D. Makokha, G. kyalo, K. Aloys, K. Iswaria, N. Nguyen and G. Tzelepoglou (2012). AFROweeds V.1.0: African weeds of rice Montpellier, France & Cotonou, Bénin, Cirad-AfricaRice eds
Images
Herbarium pictures ReCOLNAT: https://explore.recolnat.org/search/botanique/simplequery=Fuirena%2520stricta
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Liliopsida |
| Order | Poales |
| Family | Cyperaceae |
| Genus | Fuirena |
| Species | Fuirena stricta Steud. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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