Annuals or perennials. Racemes mostly in pairs, terminal or arranged in a spatheate false panicle. Sessile spikelet: callus acute to pungent, long; lower glume with a narrow median groove; lower floret reduced to a hyaline lemma; upper floret bisexual; upper lemma 2-lobed with a terminal bigeniculate awn. Pedicellate spikelet male or sterile, much longer than the sessile spikelet. Worldwide: 5 species in tropical and South Africa Zambia: 4 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| amplectens (Nees) Clayton var. catangensis (Chiov.) Clayton | B,N,W,C,E,S | Description |
| amplectens (Nees) Clayton var. amplectens | N | Description |
| filifolius (Nees) Clayton | B,N,W,C,S | Description |
| microterus Clayton [DD] | N |