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PSEUDOBRACHIARIA Launert
Annuals or perennials. Inflorescence of racemes along a central axis; spikelets single and adaxial, paired or rarely in fascicles. Spikelets plump, obtuse to acute; sometimes the lowest internode elongated and then forming a short stipe (B. nigropedata) lower glume usually shorter than spikelet; lower lemma awnless (rarely in B. nigropedata and B. serrata with a short awn point); upper lemma as long as the spikelet, coriaceous to crustaceous; apex acute, obtuse or rarely mucronulate. Worldwide: c. 100 species in warm regions, mainly Africa Malawi: 14 taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| arrecta (T. Durand & Schinz) Stent | C,S | Description, Image |
| bovonei (Chiov.) Robyns | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| brizantha (A. Rich.) Stapf | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| deflexa (Schumach.) Robyns | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| dictyoneura (Fig. & De Not.) Stapf | N,C | Description |
| eminii (Mez) Robyns | N | |
| eruciformis (J.E. Sm.) Griseb. | C | Description |
| grossa Stapf | N | Description |
| jubata (Fig. & De Not.) Stapf | C | Description |
| ramosa (L.) Stapf | S | Description |
| scalaris Pilg. | Description | |
| serrata (Thunb.) Stapf | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| subulifolia (Mez) Clayton | N,C,S | Description |
| umbellata (Trin.) Clayton | Description |
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