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Coleochloa
Sign in to saveColeochloa is a plant genus in the family Cyperaceae. It is found in sub-Saharan Africa and on the Island of Madagascar.
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GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderPoales
- FamilyCyperaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 37
- With media
- 32
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Collections
- NY, MO, RSA, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Ghana, Tanzania, Madagascar, Mozambique, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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Coleochloa is a plant genus in the family Cyperaceae. It is found in sub-Saharan Africa and on the Island of Madagascar.
== Species == Coleochloa abyssinica (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Gilly - eastern and central Africa from Ethiopia west to Nigeria and south to Angola Coleochloa domensis Muasya & D.A.Simpson - epiphyte from Cameroon Coleochloa glabra Nelmes - Jebel Oda Mountain in northeastern Sudan Coleochloa microcephala Nelmes - Mt. Sanje in Tanzania Coleochloa pallidior Nelmes - Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Northern Province of South Africa Coleochloa schweinfurthiana (Boeckeler) Nelmes - Jebel Bangenze of Sudan Coleochloa setifera (Ridl.) Gilly - from Tanzania and Zaire south to South Africa; also Madagascar
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