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Annuals or perennials. Inflorescence a panicle, often with whorled primary branches. Spikelets nearly always glabrous, awnless. Ligule a line of hairs. Inflorescence an open or contracted panicle. Spikelets 1-flowered. Glumes membranous, the upper usually longer than the lower. Lemma 1(-3)-nerved, without awns, usually shining; palea as long as lemma or a little shorter. Grain with free pericarp. Fruit rounded or truncate at tip, not beaked. Sporobolus species may resemble species of Eragrostis but are always 1-flowered whereas Eragrostis species have more than 1 floret per spikelet. Worldwide: c. 160 species in the tropics and subtropics Malawi: 22 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| africanus (Poir.) A. Robyns & Tournay | N,S | Description |
| angustifolius A.Rich. | N | |
| centrifugus (Trin.) Nees | N | Description |
| congoensis Franch. | N,C,S | Description |
| consimilis Fresen. | S | Description, Image |
| cordofanus (Steud.) Coss. | N,S | Description |
| festivus Hochst. ex A. Rich. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| fimbriatus (Trin.) Nees | S | Description |
| ioclados (Trin.) Nees | N,S | Description |
| mauritianus (Steud.) T. Durand & Schinz | N,C,S | Description |
| micranthus (Steud.) T. Durand & Schinz | N,S | Description |
| molleri Hack. | N,S | Description, Image |
| myrianthus Benth. | N,C,S | Description |
| olivaceus Napper | ||
| panicoides A. Rich. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| piliferus (Trin.) Kunth | N,S | Description |
| pyramidalis P. Beauv. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| sanguineus Rendle | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| spicatus (Vahl) Kunth | N | Description |
| stapfianus Gand. | N,S | Description, Image |
| stolzii Mez | N,C | Description |
| subtilis Kunth | Description, Image |
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