What is "abolboda"

Abolboda is a genus of flowering plants, traditionally and nowadays ( Kubitzki system and APG II) assigned to family Xyridaceae. It is native to South America and to the island of Trinidad, generally on marshy savanna.

1. Abolboda abbreviata Malme - Pará in Brazil
2. Abolboda acaulis Maguire - Venezuela, Guyana
3. Abolboda acicularis Idrobo & L.B.Sm. - Venezuela, Colombia
4. Abolboda americana (Aubl.) Lanj. - Trinidad & Tobago, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, northern Brazil
5. Abolboda bella Maguire - Cerro Yapacana in Venezuela
6. Abolboda ciliata Maguire & Wurdack - Sierra de la Neblina in Venezuela
7. Abolboda dunstervillei Maguire ex Kral - Cerro Avispa in Venezuela
8. Abolboda ebracteata Maguire & Wurdack - Venezuela, Colombia
9. Abolboda egleri L.B.Sm. & Downs - Venezuela, Colombia, Pará
10. Abolboda × glomerata Maguire - Venezuela (A. linearifolia × A. macrostachya)
11. Abolboda grandis Griseb. - Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, northwestern Brazil
12. Abolboda granularis (Maguire) L.M.Campb. & Kral - Venezuela, Colombia
13. Abolboda killipii Lasser - Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, northwestern Brazil
14. Abolboda linearifolia Maguire - State of Amazonas in southern Venezuela
15. Abolboda macrostachya Spruce ex Malme - Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil
16. Abolboda neblinae Maguire - Sierra de la Neblina in Venezuela, northwestern Brazil
17. Abolboda paniculata Maguire - Venezuela, northwestern Brazil
18. Abolboda poarchon Seub. - Brazil, Paraguay
19. Abolboda pulchella Humb. & Bonpl. - Venezuela, Colombia, the Guianas, Brazil
20. Abolboda scabrida Kral - Cerro Aracamuni in Venezuela
21. Abolboda sprucei Malme - Colombia, State of Amazonas in southern Venezuela
22. Abolboda uniflora Maguire - Cerro Duida in Venezuela

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