Tufted perennials. Inflorescence
narrow, rufous or tawny, with several racemes ± appressed along the central axis; racemes short, dense, the rhachis fragile; sessile and pedicellate
spikelets ± similar. Sessile spikelets bearded
with rufous or tawny from the callus; lower glume rounded on
back; lower floret a hyaline lemma; upper floret bisexual; lemma
shorter than spikelet, hyaline. Pedicellate spikelet smaller than
sessile, its upper floret bisexual. Worldwide: 7 species occurring in tropical America, Africa and India |
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