Coleochloa

• Authority

  Maguire, Bassett. 1965. The Botany of the Guayana Highland. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 12 (3): 1-285.

• Family

  Cyperaceae

• Scientific Name

  Coleochloa

• Type

  Type species. Coleochloa alyssinica (Hochst.) Gilly.

• Discussion

  Eriospora Hochst. ex A. Eich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 508. Not Eriospora Berk. & Broome, 1850. Type: Eriospora abyssinica Hochst. Catagyna Beauv. sensu Hutchinson, Fl. "West Trop. Afr. 2: 490. 1936. In part. Nelmes (1953) recognizes seven species in East Africa and Madagascar.