''Abolboda'' is a genus of

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s, traditionally and nowadays (

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and APG IV) assigned to family

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. It is native to tropical

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and to the island of

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, generally on marshy

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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Wood, J. R. I., F. Mamani M., P. Pozo, J. D. Soto & D. Villarroel Segarra. (eds.) 2011. Guía Darwin de las plantas de los cerrados de la Chiquitania 1–212. Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Santa Cruz, Bolivia ; Species * '' Abolboda abbreviata'' Malme - Pará in Brazil * '' Abolboda acaulis'' Maguire - Venezuela, Guyana * '' Abolboda acicularis'' Idrobo & L.B.Sm. - Venezuela, Colombia * ''

Abolboda americana ''Abolboda'' is a genus of flowering plants, traditionally and nowadays (Kubitzki system and APG IV) assigned to family Xyridaceae. It is native to tropical South America and to the island of Trinidad, generally on marshy savanna.Wood, J. R. I., ...

'' (Aubl.) Lanj. - Trinidad & Tobago, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, northern Brazil * '' Abolboda bella'' Maguire - Cerro Yapacana in Venezuela * '' Abolboda ciliata'' Maguire & Wurdack - Sierra de la Neblina in Venezuela * '' Abolboda dunstervillei'' Maguire ex Kral - Cerro Avispa in Venezuela * '' Abolboda ebracteata'' Maguire & Wurdack - Venezuela, Colombia * ''

Abolboda egleri ''Abolboda'' is a genus of flowering plants, traditionally and nowadays (Kubitzki system and APG IV) assigned to family Xyridaceae. It is native to tropical South America and to the island of Trinidad, generally on marshy savanna.Wood, J. R. I., ...

'' L.B.Sm. & Downs - Venezuela, Colombia, Pará * ''

Abolboda × glomerata ''Abolboda'' is a genus of flowering plants, traditionally and nowadays (Kubitzki system and APG IV) assigned to family Xyridaceae. It is native to tropical South America and to the island of Trinidad, generally on marshy savanna.Wood, J. R. I., ...

'' Maguire - Venezuela ''(A. linearifolia × A. macrostachya)'' * '' Abolboda grandis'' Griseb. - Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, northwestern Brazil * '' Abolboda granularis'' (Maguire) L.M.Campb. & Kral - Venezuela, Colombia * ''

Abolboda killipii ''Abolboda'' is a genus of flowering plants, traditionally and nowadays (Kubitzki system and APG IV) assigned to family Xyridaceae. It is native to tropical South America and to the island of Trinidad, generally on marshy savanna.Wood, J. R. I., ...

'' Lasser - Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, northwestern Brazil * ''

Abolboda linearifolia ''Abolboda'' is a genus of flowering plants, traditionally and nowadays (Kubitzki system and APG IV) assigned to family Xyridaceae. It is native to tropical South America and to the island of Trinidad, generally on marshy savanna.Wood, J. R. I., ...

'' Maguire - State of Amazonas in southern Venezuela * ''

Abolboda macrostachya ''Abolboda'' is a genus of flowering plants, traditionally and nowadays (Kubitzki system and APG IV) assigned to family Xyridaceae. It is native to tropical South America and to the island of Trinidad, generally on marshy savanna.Wood, J. R. I., ...

'' Spruce ex Malme - Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil * ''

Abolboda neblinae ''Abolboda'' is a genus of flowering plants, traditionally and nowadays (Kubitzki system and APG IV) assigned to family Xyridaceae. It is native to tropical South America and to the island of Trinidad, generally on marshy savanna.Wood, J. R. I., ...

'' Maguire - Sierra de la Neblina in Venezuela, northwestern Brazil * ''

Abolboda paniculata ''Abolboda'' is a genus of flowering plants, traditionally and nowadays (Kubitzki system and APG IV) assigned to family Xyridaceae. It is native to tropical South America and to the island of Trinidad, generally on marshy savanna.Wood, J. R. I., ...

'' Maguire - Venezuela, northwestern Brazil * ''

Abolboda poarchon ''Abolboda'' is a genus of flowering plants, traditionally and nowadays (Kubitzki system and APG IV) assigned to family Xyridaceae. It is native to tropical South America and to the island of Trinidad, generally on marshy savanna.Wood, J. R. I., ...

'' Seub. - Brazil, Paraguay * ''

Abolboda pulchella ''Abolboda'' is a genus of flowering plants, traditionally and nowadays (Kubitzki system and APG IV) assigned to family Xyridaceae. It is native to tropical South America and to the island of Trinidad, generally on marshy savanna.Wood, J. R. I., ...

'' Humb. & Bonpl. - Venezuela, Colombia, the Guianas, Brazil * ''

Abolboda scabrida ''Abolboda'' is a genus of flowering plants, traditionally and nowadays (Kubitzki system and APG IV) assigned to family Xyridaceae. It is native to tropical South America and to the island of Trinidad, generally on marshy savanna.Wood, J. R. I., ...

'' Kral - Cerro Aracamuni in Venezuela * ''

Abolboda sprucei ''Abolboda'' is a genus of flowering plants, traditionally and nowadays (Kubitzki system and APG IV) assigned to family Xyridaceae. It is native to tropical South America and to the island of Trinidad, generally on marshy savanna.Wood, J. R. I., ...

'' Malme - Colombia, State of Amazonas in southern Venezuela * ''

Abolboda uniflora ''Abolboda'' is a genus of flowering plants, traditionally and nowadays (Kubitzki system and APG IV) assigned to family Xyridaceae. It is native to tropical South America and to the island of Trinidad, generally on marshy savanna.Wood, J. R. I., ...

'' Maguire - Cerro Duida in Venezuela ; Formerly included: * ''Abolboda ptaritepuiana'' Steyerm. (synonym of '' Orectanthe ptaritepuiana'') * ''Abolboda sceptrum'' Oliv. (synonym of '' Orectanthe sceptrum'')

References

Xyridaceae Poales genera Flora of the Neotropical realm Taxa named by Alexander von Humboldt Taxa named by Aimé Bonpland {{Poales-stub