Microcalamus

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

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|genus = Microcalamus

|parent_authority = Franch. 1889 not Gamble 1890 (syn of Neomicrocalamus)

|species = barbinodis

|authority = Franch.

|synonyms_ref = [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=424238 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

|synonyms =

• Microcalamus aspidistrula Stapf
• Microcalamus convallarioides Stapf
• Microcalamus aspidistrula f. angustus Stapf
• Microcalamus aspidistrula f. latus Stapf
• Microcalamus devosii Vanderyst
• Microcalamus glaber Stapf

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Microcalamus is a genus of African plants in the grass family.Franchet, Adrien René. 1889. The only known species is Microcalamus barbinodis, native to central Africa (Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of Congo, Central African Republic).Zon, A. P. M. v. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun. Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 92–1(2): 1–557ORSTOM. 1988. List of Vascular Plants of Gabon with Synonymy. Herbier National du Gabon, YaoundeHepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa , ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.