G.465. Sacciolepis Nash

Description of the genus

Annuals or perennials. Inflorescence a dense, spike-like panicle (in ours), rarely open. Spikelets laterally flattened (dorsally in S. interrupta), asymmetrical; glumes prominently ribbed; lower 1/4 to 3/4 the length of the spikelet; upper glume equalling spikelet and gibbous; lower lemma resembling upper glume but less gibbous; upper lemma dorsally flattened, thinly coriaceous to cartilaginous; margin flat or involute but never hyaline

Worldwide: 30 species in tropical and warm areas, especially Africa

Caprivi: 6 cultivated taxa.

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Species	Content
africana C.E. Hubb. & Snowden	Description
chevalieri Stapf	Description
indica (L.) Chase	Description
spiciformis (A. Rich.) Stapf	Description
transbarbata Stapf	Description
typhura (Stapf) Stapf	Description, Image

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Sacciolepis
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