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Annuals or perennials. Leaves with 2 auricles at the base of the lamina. Inflorescence with spikelets borne alternately, edgeways on and partially sunk in the rhachis, on opposite sides of the axis of a solitary raceme. Spikelets of many florets. Lower glume 0 in all but the terminal spikelet, the upper glume abaxial; the terminal spikelet with 2 glumes. Glumes 5-9-nerved. Lemma 5-nerved, awned or not. Worldwide: 8 species in Eurasia Zimbabwe: 4 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| multiflorum Lam. | C,E | Description |
| perenne L. | C,E | Description |
| temulentum L. | W,C,E | Description |
| × boucheanum Kunth | C |
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