''Coleochloa'' is a plant genus in the family

Cyperaceae The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus ''Carex'' w ...

. It is found in

sub-Saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa is, geographically, the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara. These include West Africa, East Africa, Central Africa, and Southern Africa. Geopolitically, in addition to the List of sov ...

and on the Island of

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

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Coleochloa abyssinica ''Coleochloa'' is a plant genus in the family Cyperaceae. It is found in sub-Saharan Africa and on the Island of Madagascar.Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199. *'' ...

'' (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Gilly - eastern and central Africa from Ethiopia west to Nigeria and south to Angola *''

Coleochloa domensis ''Coleochloa'' is a plant genus in the family Cyperaceae. It is found in sub-Saharan Africa and on the Island of Madagascar.Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199. *'' ...

'' Muasya & D.A.Simpson - epiphyte from Cameroon *'' Coleochloa glabra'' Nelmes - Jebel Oda Mountain in northeastern Sudan *'' Coleochloa microcephala'' Nelmes - Mt. Sanje in Tanzania *'' Coleochloa pallidior'' Nelmes - Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Northern Province of South Africa *'' Coleochloa schweinfurthiana'' (Boeckeler) Nelmes - Jebel Bangenze of Sudan *''

Coleochloa setifera ''Coleochloa'' is a plant genus in the family Cyperaceae. It is found in sub-Saharan Africa and on the Island of Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=n ...

'' (Ridl.) Gilly - from Tanzania and Zaire south to South Africa; also Madagascar

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Cyperaceae Cyperaceae genera Flora of Africa Taxa named by Charles Louis Gilly {{Cyperaceae-stub