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G.389. Tetrapogon
Description of the genus
Annuals or perennials. Inflorescence a single terminal raceme or pair of racemes. Spikelets several-flowered, alternate in 2 rows, disarticulating above the glumes but not between the florets; lower 1-5(-7) florets fertile, the remainder progressively smaller and sterile. Glumes persistent, membranous, a little shorter than the lemmas. Lemmas 3-nerved, coriaceous, usually cilate on the lateral nerves, entire or 2-toothed at apex, with a subapical awn. Worldwide: 6 species in Africa, SW Asia and India. Mozambique: 1 taxon. |
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