G.618. Monocymbium
Description of the genus
Perennials. Inflorescence a solitary raceme enclosed by a boat-shaped reddish spatheole and grouped into a loose compound panicle; raceme dense without homogamous pairs. Sessile spikelets dorsally flattened; callus obtuse; lower glume not grooved; upper glume awned; lower floret reduced to a hyaline lemma; upper floret 2-lobed with glabrous awn. Pedicellate spikelets resembling the sessile but awnless. Worldwide: 3 species in tropical and South Africa Mozambique: 1 taxon. |
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