G.040. Oreobambos K.Schum.

Description of the genus

Tree. Inflorescence iterauctant, consisting of a cup-shaped cluster of pseudo-spikelets surrounded by involucre-like bracts on bare branches. Spikelets 2-flowered, usually with a rhachilla-extension and a distinct rhachilla-internode. Glume 1. Lemmas subequal. Lodicules 0. Stamens 6.

Worldwide: 1 species occurring from Uganda to Zimbabwe and Mozambique

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Species	Links to maps	FZ divisions	Content
buchwaldii K. Schum.[EN]	Altitude Rainfall Geology	S	Image

Other sources of information about Oreobambos:

Flora of Mozambique: Oreobambos
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Oreobambos
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Oreobambos
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Oreobambos
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Oreobambos
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Oreobambos
Kew Monocotyledon checklist: Oreobambos

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, 2002-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Oreobambos.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=113, retrieved 19 May 2013

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