''Abolboda'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s, traditionally and nowadays (

Kubitzki system The Kubitzki system is a system of plant taxonomy devised by Klaus Kubitzki, and is the product of an ongoing survey of vascular plants, entitled ''The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants'', and extending to 15 volumes in 2018. The survey, in th ...

and APG IV) assigned to family Xyridaceae. It is native to

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and to the island of

Trinidad Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The island lies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is often referred to as the southernmos ...

, generally on marshy

savanna A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach the ground to ...

.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 South America and to the island of Trinidad, generally on marshy savanna.Wood, J. R. I., F. Maman ...

'' (Aubl.) Lanj. - Trinidad & Tobago, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, northern Brazil * ''

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

'' Maguire - Cerro Yapacana in Venezuela * ''

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

'' Maguire & Wurdack - Sierra de la Neblina in Venezuela * ''

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

'' Maguire ex Kral - Cerro Avispa in Venezuela * ''

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

'' 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 South America and to the island of Trinidad, generally on marshy savanna.Wood, J. R. I., F. Maman ...

'' 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 South America and to the island of Trinidad, generally on marshy savanna.Wood, J. R. I., F. Maman ...

'' Maguire - Venezuela ''(A. linearifolia × A. macrostachya)'' * ''

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

'' Griseb. - Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, northwestern Brazil * ''

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

'' (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 South America and to the island of Trinidad, generally on marshy savanna.Wood, J. R. I., F. Maman ...

'' Lasser - Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, northwestern Brazil * '' Abolboda linearifolia'' Maguire - State of Amazonas in southern Venezuela * '' Abolboda macrostachya'' 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 South America and to the island of Trinidad, generally on marshy savanna.Wood, J. R. I., F. Maman ...

'' Maguire - Sierra de la Neblina in Venezuela, northwestern Brazil * '' Abolboda paniculata'' Maguire - Venezuela, northwestern Brazil * '' Abolboda poarchon'' Seub. - Brazil, Paraguay * '' Abolboda pulchella'' Humb. & Bonpl. - Venezuela, Colombia, the Guianas, Brazil * '' Abolboda scabrida'' Kral - Cerro Aracamuni in Venezuela * '' Abolboda sprucei'' Malme - Colombia, State of Amazonas in southern Venezuela * '' Abolboda uniflora'' Maguire - Cerro Duida in Venezuela ; Formerly included: * ''Abolboda ptaritepuiana'' Steyerm. (synonym of ''

Orectanthe ptaritepuiana ''Orectanthe'' is a genus of flowering plants, in the family Xyridaceae, first described as a genus in 1958. It is native to the tepui of northern South America (Venezuela, Guyana, and northwestern Brazil). It is closely related to ''Abolboda'', ...

'') * ''Abolboda sceptrum'' Oliv. (synonym of ''

Orectanthe sceptrum ''Orectanthe'' is a genus of flowering plants, in the family Xyridaceae, first described as a genus in 1958. It is native to the tepui of northern South America (Venezuela, Guyana, and northwestern Brazil). It is closely related to ''Abolboda'', ...

'')

References

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