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

Zambia: 1 taxon.

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SpeciesFZ divisionsProvincesContent
ceresiiforme (Nees) StapfB,N,W,CNw,C,WDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Monocymbium:

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

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Monocymbium
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Monocymbium
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Monocymbium
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iNaturalist: Monocymbium
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Monocymbium
JSTOR Plant Science: Monocymbium
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Monocymbium
Plants of the World Online: Monocymbium
Tropicos: Monocymbium
Wikipedia: Monocymbium

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: Monocymbium.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=249, retrieved 28 March 2024

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