Abstract
The New Zealand monotypic sedge Desmoschoenus is indistinguishable from the predominantly temperate South African Ficinia. Both genera share the presence of a condensed paniculate inflorescence and seeds bearing a gynophore, and Desmoschoenus is embedded within a Ficinia DNA phylogeny. Therefore, the current recognition of Desmoschoenus as a distinct genus cannot be justified, and we provide nomenclatural changes to merge the two genera.
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