Coleochloa
Coleochloa | |
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Habit of Myrothamnus flabellifolius during wet season, growing on quartzite with grasslike tufts of Coleochloa setifera (Ridl.) Gilly, Hamerkop Kloof, Magaliesberg, South Africa | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Monocots |
(unranked): | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Cyperaceae |
Genus: | Coleochloa Gilly |
Synonyms[1] | |
Eriospora Hochst. ex A.Rich. |
Coleochloa is a plant genus in the family Cyperaceae. It is found in sub-Saharan Africa and on the Island of Madagascar.[1][2][3][4]
- Coleochloa abyssinica (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Gilly - eastern and central Africa from Ethiopia west to Nigeria and south to Angola
- Coleochloa domensis Muasya & D.A.Simpson - epiphyte from Cameroon
- Coleochloa glabra Nelmes - Jebel Oda Mountain in northeastern Sudan
- Coleochloa microcephala Nelmes - Mt. Sanje in Tanzania
- Coleochloa pallidior Nelmes - Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Northern Province of South Africa
- Coleochloa schweinfurthiana (Boeckeler) Nelmes - Jebel Bangenze of Sudan
- Coleochloa setifera (Ridl.) Gilly - from Tanzania and Zaire south to South Africa; also Madagascar
References
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ↑ Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.
- ↑ Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.
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