459.010 Pycreus P. Beauv.

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs. Culms triangular. Inflorescence an open anthela or congested into a dense head. Spikelets with many, (>5) florets. Glumes distichous. Perianth 0. Stamens 2-3. Stigmas 2. Fruit a nutlet, laterally flattened.

Worldwide: c. 70 species, widespread in warm regions.

Caprivi: 28 cultivated taxa.

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Species	Content
aethiops (Welw. ex Ridl.) C.B. Clarke
capillifolius (A. Rich.) C.B. Clarke	Description, Image
cuanzensis (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke
elegantulus (Steud.) C.B. Clarke	Description, Image
fibrillosus (Kük.) Cherm.
flavescens (L.) P. Beauv. ex Rchb. var. flavescens	Description
flavescens (L.) P.Beauv. ex Rchb.[Agg]
flavidus (Retz.) T.Koyama
fluminalis (Ridl.) Rendle
gracillimus Chiov.
lanceolatus (Poir.) C.B. Clarke	Description, Image
macranthus (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke
macrostachyos (Lam.) J. Raynal
melas (Ridl.) C.B. Clarke
mortonii S.S.Hooper
mundtii Nees[Agg]	Description, Image
muricatus (Kük.) Napper
niger (Ruíz & Pav.) Cufod.
nigricans (Steud.) C.B. Clarke
nitidus (Lam.) J. Raynal
pelophilus (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke	Image
permutatus (Boeckeler) Napper
polystachyos (Rottb.) P.Beauv. var. polystachyos	Description
polystachyos (Rottb.) P.Beauv.[Agg]
pumilus (L.) Nees
sanguinolentus (Vahl) Nees	Description, Image
unioloides (R. Br.) Urb.	Image
xantholepis Nelmes

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