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Annuals or perennials. Inflorescence a cylindric, spike-like panicle, consisting of deciduous clusters of 3-11 spikelets surrounded by an involucre of stiff bracts; bracts narrowly-elliptic, free to the base with obtuse or awned apices. Spikelets as long as the bracts. Lower glume 0. Upper glume subulate with a broad base; back facing inwards. Upper lemma cartilaginous. Worldwide: 12 species in tropical Africa and Arabia, with 1 species extending to America Malawi: 2 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| elongata De Wild. | N | |
| pungens Clayton | C |
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