Ficinia pygmaea, Boeckeler

Muasya, A. M., Stirton, C. H. & Archer, C., 2020, Ficinia pygmaea is not conspecific with F. limosa, and a description of a new species of Ficinia (Cyperaceae) from South Africa, South African Journal of Botany 128, pp. 128-131 : 129

3.1. Key to the species allied to Ficinia pygmaea

1. Plant typically over 60 mm tall; rhizome wiry, with tillers distinctly (> 20 mm) apart; inflorescence borne above leaves..... ... ....1. F. limosa

1 Ɩ. Plant under 60 mm tall; rhizome thicker or abbreviated, with tillers closely (< 20 mm) spaced; inflorescence borne clandestinely within leaves......................................................2

2. Rhizome well developed; leaf tips blunt, flexible; in the West Coast......................................................2. F. pygmaea

2 Ɩ. Rhizome abbreviated; leaf tips sharp, rigid; in the Cape Agulhas............................................................3. F. echinata .