G.171. Trisetopsis Röser & Wölk, A.

HELICTOTRICHON Besser

Wölk, A. & Röser, M. (2013) The new genus Trisetopsis and new combinations in oat-like grasses (Poaceae) Schlechtendalia 25 57-61

Description of the genus

Perennials. Inflorescence a narrow and often erect, panicle. Spikelets 2-6-flowered, laterally flattened, disarticulating above the glumes and between the florets; lowermost florets bisexual, upper reduced. Glumes unequal, persistent, keeled, acute to acuminate; lower shorter, 1-3-nerved; upper 3-5-nerved. Lemmas exserted from the glumes, 5-11-nerved, dorsally awned, 2-fid, sometimes the lobes with apical bristles.

Worldwide: c. 100 species, mainly in temperate Eurasia but also on tropical mountains

Malawi: 2 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
elongatum (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Röser & A. Wölk	N,S	Description
milanjianum (Rendle) Röser & A. Wölk	S

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