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Cope, T.A. (1999) Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(2)
Inflorescence a cylindric false raceme; racemelets shortly pedunculate, deciduous, comprising 1–2 spikelets plus a rudiment separated by the internodes of a short curvaceous rhachis. Spikelets 1-flowered, narrowly ovate to orbicular, laterally compressed; glumes well developed, longer than the floret, thickly indurated, the superior longer than the inferior and caudate to a stiff point or awn; lemma membranous, keeled, shortly awned. Caryopsis ellipsoid, laterally compressed. Worldwide: Five species in North West tropical Africa, Arabia and India. Mozambique: 1 taxon. |
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