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Perennials. Ligule a ciliate membrane. Inflorescence a single tough, dorsally flattened, raceme. Rhachis internodes and pedicels stout, clavate; pedicels fused to the internode. Sessile spikelet dorsally flattened; lower glume narrowly elliptic, smooth; lower floret reduced to a lemma; upper lemma awnless. Pedicelled spikelet similar to sessile but lacking a callus. Worldwide: 12 species in warm regions of the Old World Burundi: 1 taxon. |
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