G.618. Monocymbium Stapf

Description of the genus

Perennials. Inflorescence a solitary raceme enclosed by a boat-shaped reddish spatheole and grouped into a loose compound panicle; raceme dense without homogamous pairs. Sessile spikelets dorsally flattened; callus obtuse; lower glume not grooved; upper glume awned; lower floret reduced to a hyaline lemma; upper floret 2-lobed with glabrous awn. Pedicellate spikelets resembling the sessile but awnless.

Worldwide: 3 species in tropical and South Africa

Zimbabwe: 1 taxon.

Monocymbium ceresiiforme

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ceresiiforme (Nees) StapfN,W,C,E,SDescription, Image

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Flora of Caprivi: Monocymbium
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Flora of Zambia: Monocymbium

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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Monocymbium.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=249, retrieved 5 December 2024

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