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Perennial (ours). Inflorescence a panicle. Spikelets all alike, dorsally flattened, with 2 fertile flowers. Glumes persistent, subequal, obtuse, 1/3 to 2/3 length of spikelet. Lower lemma firmly cartilaginous; upper lemma remaining membranous at maturity, thinner than the lower. Worldwide: 10 species in the Old World tropics Caprivi: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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