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Annuals or stoloniferous perennials. Inflorescence a horizontal whorl of racemes; raceme terminating in a naked point. Spikelets several-flowered, laterally flattened. Glumes 1-nerved, subequal, shorter than the lemmas; lower acute; upper awned from just below the apex. Lemma: nerves and flanks glabrous; apex entire. Paleas falling with the lemmas. Worldwide: 10 species in warm regions, mainly in the Old World Malawi: 3 taxa. |
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Species | FZ divisions | Content |
aegyptium (L.) Willd. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
geminatum Hack. | S | Description |
giganteum B.S. Fisher & Schweick. | S | Description |
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