Coleochloa
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 Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: 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]

Species

  • 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. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. โ†‘ Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. โ†‘ Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.
  4. โ†‘ Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.


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