G.608. Cymbopogon Spreng.

Description of the genus

Perennials, rarely annual. Leaves aromatic. Inflorescence composed of short, paired racemes arranged in a dense, spherical to elongated, spatheate false panicle. Rhachis internodes and pedicels filiform, long-ciliate on both margins; lowermost sometimes swollen and barrel-shaped. Racemes deflexed at maturity, borne on subequal flattened raceme-bases; with lowermost pair of spikelets a homogamous pair. Sessile spikelet dorsally flattened; callus obtuse; lower glume with a median groove, narrowly winged on the keels, awnless; lower floret reduced to a hyaline lemma; upper floret fertile; lemma deeply 2-lobed or entire, awnless. Pedicellate spikelet male, rounded on back, awnless.

Worldwide: 56 species in the warm and tropical regions of the Old World

Zambia: 3 taxa.

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SpeciesFZ divisionsProvincesContent
caesius (Hook. & Arn.) Stapf subsp. caesius SN,LkDescription
caesius (Hook. & Arn.) Stapf subsp. giganteus (Chiov.) SalesN,C,SDescription
densiflorus (Steud.) StapfB,N,W,C,E,SLpDescription

Other sources of information about Cymbopogon:

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Flora of Botswana: Cymbopogon
Flora of Caprivi: Cymbopogon
Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Cymbopogon
Flora of Malawi: Cymbopogon
Flora of Mozambique: Cymbopogon
Flora of Zimbabwe: Cymbopogon
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Cymbopogon

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Cymbopogon
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cymbopogon
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cymbopogon
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Cymbopogon
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Cymbopogon
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cymbopogon
JSTOR Plant Science: Cymbopogon
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cymbopogon
Plants of the World Online: Cymbopogon
Tropicos: Cymbopogon
Wikipedia: Cymbopogon

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Cymbopogon.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=242, retrieved 28 March 2024

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