461.050 Courtoisina Soják

COURTOISIA Nees

Description of the genus

Annuals with a strong odour of fenugreek when dried. Culms triangular. Inflorescence open, with long leafy involucral bracts. Spikelets 1-8-flowered, falling off entire when mature. Glumes distichous, winged on the keel. Perianth 0. Stamens 3. Stigmas 3. Fruit a nutlet, usually dorsally flattened.

Worldwide: 2 species occurring in Africa (from Ethiopia south to South Africa), Madagascar and Indo-China

Malawi: 2 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
assimilis (Steud.) Maquet
cyperoides (Roxb.) Soják		Description, Image

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Flora of Botswana: Courtoisina
Flora of Burundi: Courtoisina
Flora of Mozambique: Courtoisina
Flora of Zambia: Courtoisina
Flora of Zimbabwe: Courtoisina

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