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DOLICHOCHAETE (C.E. Hubb.) J.B. Phipps
Annuals or perennials. Ligule a line of hairs. Inflorescence an open or contracted panicle; spikelets mostly borne in triads with connate pedicels, less often in groups of 2-3 on long unequal free pedicels. Spikelets large, brown, 2-flowered, the lower floret male or barren. Lower lemma 5-7-nerved. Callus of upper floret pungent, conical. Upper lemma usually pubescent, rarely with hair-tufts, 2-lobed, geniculately awned. Worldwide: 22 species in tropical and South Africa, Madagascar and tropical America Malawi: 7 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| bequaertii De Wild. | ||
| huillensis Rendle | N,C,S | |
| leucothrix Nees | N,S | Description |
| nodiglumis K. Schum. | C | Description, Image |
| rehmannii Hack. | N,C,S | Description |
| superba (De Not.) Schweinf. & Asch. | C,S | Description |
| thollonii Franch. | N,C |
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