Abolboda is a genus of flowering plants, traditionally and nowadays (Kubitzki system

Kubitzki system

A system of plant taxonomy, the Kubitzki system is the product of an ongoing survey of vascular plants, entitled The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants....

 and APG II) assigned to family Xyridaceae

Xyridaceae

Xyridaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants. Such a family has been recognized by many taxonomists and is known as the Yellow-eyed-grass Family....

. It comprises about 17 species in South America, on marshy savanna

Savanna

A savanna, or savannah, is a grassland ecosystem characterized by the trees being sufficiently small or widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach the ground to support an unbroken herbaceous layer consisting primarily of C4 grasses.Some...

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List of species
Source: Index Kewensis

Index Kewensis

The Index Kewensis , maintained by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, is a publication that aims to register all botanical names for seed plants at the rank of species and genera...

 (at IPNI) and Tropicos database (at Missouri Botanical Garden)

Note: Names with links indicate accepted names (synonyms added).

• Abolboda abbreviata Malme
• Abolboda acaulis Maguire
• Abolboda acicularis Idrobo & L.B.Sm.
• Abolboda americana (Aubl.) Lanj.

  Abolboda aubletii Kunth (synonym of Abolboda americana)

  Abolboda poeppigii Kunth (synonym of Abolboda americana)

  Abolboda imberbis Kunth (synonym of Abolboda americana)

  Abolboda inermis Link ex Steud. (synonym of Abolboda americana)

• Abolboda bella Maguire
• Abolboda ciliata Maguire & Wurdack
• Abolboda dunstervillei Maguire ex Kral
• Abolboda ebracteata Maguire & Wurdack
• Abolboda egleri L.B.Sm. & Downs
• Abolboda excelsa Malme
• Abolboda glomerata Maguire
• Abolboda grandis Griseb.

  Abolboda gleasoniana Steyerm. (synonym of Abolboda grandis var. rigida)

• Abolboda killipii Lasser

  Abolboda psammophila Maguire (synonym of Abolboda killipii)

• Abolboda linearifolia Maguire
• Abolboda macrostachya Spruce ex Malme

  Abolboda rigida (synonym of Abolboda macrostachya var. robustior)

• Abolboda minima Maguire
• Abolboda neblinae Maguire
• Abolboda paniculata Maguire
• Abolboda pervaginata Maguire
• Abolboda poarchon Seub.

  Abolboda chapadensis Hoehne (synonym of Abolboda poarchon)

• Abolboda pulchella Humb. & Bonpl.

  Abolboda brasiliensis Kunth (synonym of Abolboda pulchella)

  Abolboda gracilis Huber (synonym of Abolboda pulchella)

  Abolboda longifolia Malme (synonym of Abolboda pulchella)

  Abolboda vaginata Alb.Nillson (synonym of Abolboda pulchella)

• Abolboda scabrida Kral
• Abolboda sprucei Malme

  Abolboda schultesii Idrobo & L.B.Sm. (synonym of Abolboda sprucei)

• Abolboda uniflora Maguire

Excluded names:

• Abolboda ptaritepuiana Steyerm. (synonym of Orectanthe ptaritepuiana)
• Abolboda sceptrum Oliv. (synonym of Orectanthe sceptrum)