Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves usually very narrow and almost filiform, usually with tufts of hairs at the mouth of the leaf sheath. Inflorescence an anthela. Glumes spirally arranged; the lowest 1-2 may be empty, the others bisexual. Perianth 0. Stamens 2-3; stigmas 2-3, the base of the style persisting as a distinct rim or knob. Nutlet biconvex if stigmas 2, trigonous if stigmas 3. Nutlet smooth, tuberculate or, more often, transversely wrinkled. Zambia: 25 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| abortiva (Steud.) C.B. Clarke | B,S | Description, Image |
| atrosanguinea (Boeck.) C.B. Clarke | ||
| boeckeleriana (Schweinf.) Beetle | C | Description, Image |
| buchananii C.B. Clarke | N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
| burchellii (Ficalho & Hiern) C.B. Clarke | Image | |
| clarkeana Hutch. ex M. Bodard [LR-nt] | N,C | Description, Image |
| collina (Kunth) C.B. Clarke | ||
| congolensis De Wild. | N,W | Description, Image |
| contexta (Nees) M. Bodard | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| densa (Wall.) Hand.-Mazz. subsp. afromontana Lye) R.W.Haines | N,W,S | Description, Image |
| densiflora (Lye) Lye | N | |
| filamentosa (Vahl) C.B. Clarke | N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
| fimbristylidoides C.B.Clarke [DD] | N,W | Image |
| hispidula (Vahl) R.W. Haines | B,N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| igneotonsa Raymond | N | Description, Image |
| laniceps C.B.Clarke | B,N,W | Image |
| macra (Ridl.) C.B. Clarke | B,N,C | Description, Image |
| megastachys (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke | ||
| nudiuscula (Lye) Lye | N | Image |
| oritrephes (Ridl.) C.B. Clarke | C | Description, Image |
| pilosa (Willd.) Cherm. | B,N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
| pusilla (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) C.B. Clarke | B,S | |
| pusilla (A.Rich.) C.B.Clarke subsp. congolensis (De Wild.) R.W. Haines | N,W,S | Description, Image |
| rhizomatosa (Lye) R.W. Haines & Ley | ||
| schoenoides (Kunth) C.B.Clarke sens. lat. | Description, Image |