G.565. Loudetia Steud.

Description of the genus

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

Mozambique: 4 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
arundinacea (A. Rich.) Steud.	N,Z	Description
flavida (Stapf) C.E. Hubb.	N	Description
phragmitoides (Peter) C.E. Hubb.	N,Z,MS
simplex (Nees) C.E. Hubb.	N,Z,MS	Description, Image

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Flora of Burundi: Loudetia
Flora of Caprivi: Loudetia
Flora of Malawi: Loudetia
Flora of Zambia: Loudetia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Loudetia

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