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Perennials. Inflorescence an open, contracted or spike-like panicle. Spikelets brown, occurring singly or in pairs, not in close triads. Lower lemma 3-nerved. Callus oblong to linear, truncate, 2-toothed or obliquely pungent. Upper lemma 2-dentate, glabrous or hairy, but without hair-tufts, with a deciduous awn from the sinus. Worldwide: 26 species in tropical and South Africa, Madagascar and 1 in South America Zambia: 8 taxa. |
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Species | FZ divisions | Content |
angolensis C.E. Hubb. | ||
arundinacea (A. Rich.) Steud. | N,W | Description |
coarctata (A.Camus) C.E. Hubb. | ||
densispica (Rendle) C.E. Hubb. | ||
flavida (Stapf) C.E. Hubb. | N,C,E,S | Description |
lanata (Stent & J.M. Rattray) C.E. Hubb. | B,N | Description |
phragmitoides (Peter) C.E. Hubb. | ||
simplex (Nees) C.E. Hubb. | B,N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
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