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G.618. Monocymbium
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 Mozambique: 1 taxon. |
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| ceresiiforme (Nees) Stapf | Z,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Monocymbium:
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Flora of Botswana: MonocymbiumFlora of Caprivi: Monocymbium
Flora of Malawi: Monocymbium
Flora of Zambia: Monocymbium
Flora of Zimbabwe: Monocymbium
External websites:
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): MonocymbiumFlora Zambesiaca web site: Monocymbium
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Monocymbium
Wikipedia: Monocymbium
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Monocymbium
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Monocymbium
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