Monocymbium

Monocymbium ceresiiforme

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Andropogoneae
Subtribus: Andropogoninae
Genus: Monocymbium
Species: M. ceresiiforme – M. deightonii – M. lanceolatum

Name

Monocymbium Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 386 (1919)

• Type species: Monocymbium ceresiiforme (Nees) Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 387 (1919)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan Regional: Tropical & S. Africa Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Stapf, O. 1919. Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 386.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Monocymbium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Oct. 7. Reference page. 
• Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Monocymbium. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 2.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Monocymbium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 Dec. 2013. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Monocymbium. Published online. Accessed: 2 Dec. 2013. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• മലയാളം: മോണോസിംബിയം

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