Annuals or perennials. Spikelets 1-flowered, disarticulating above the glumes, in terminal, lax or contracted, panicles; glumes persistent, narrow, usually 1-nerved. Lemma narrow, with hard callus at base, with or without a beak or twisted column; articulation present or 0, usually visible as a transverse darker line on the body of the lemma, occurring at the apex of the lemma or at the apex of the column; awns 3 (1 central, 2 lateral) or rarely 1, glabrous. Worldwide: c. 330 species in warm regions of the world Caprivi: 10 taxa. |
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| Species | Content | |
| adscensionis L. | Description, Image | |
| congesta Roem. & Schult. | Description, Image | |
| effusa Henrard | ||
| meridionalis Henrard | Description | |
| pilgeri Henrard | Description | |
| rhiniochloa Hochst. | Description, Image | |
| scabrivalvis Hack. subsp. scabrivalvis | ||
| stipitata Hack. subsp. graciliflora (Pilg.) Melderis | Description | |
| stipitata Hack. subsp. robusta (Stent & J.M. Rattray) Melderis | Description | |
| stipitata Hack. subsp. stipitata | Description |