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Cyperaceae
Fimbristylis

not marked as a favorite taxon *Fimbristylis squarrosa Vahl. Common name: Asian Fimbry. Habitat: On ballast, apparently only a waif in our area (but FNA states "the weedy and often ruderal nature of the species makes it a likely future adventive". Distribution: Native of Old World tropics and subtropics.

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Origin/Endemic status: Paleotropics

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA23, K4, Meso6, NS, POWO; = n/a — C; > Fimbristylis squarrosa Vahl var. squarrosa — WI. Basionym: Fimbristylis squarrosa Vahl 1805

Links to other floras: = Fimbristylis squarrosa - FNA23

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