G.365. Pogonarthria Stapf

Description of the genus

Annuals or perennials. Inflorescence composed of 1 or more deciduous racemes arranged along an axis. Spikelets with several flowers, laterally flattened. Glumes 1-nerved, membranous, unequal. Lemmas 3-nerved, keeled, acuminate to shortly awned.

Derivation of name: from the Greek: pogon meaning beard, arthron, a joint; probably referring to the beaded joints of the rhachilla in the spikelet.

Worldwide: 4 species in tropical and South Africa.

Zimbabwe: 2 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
fleckii (Hack.) Hack.	N,W,S	Description
squarrosa (Roem. & Schult.) Pilg.	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image

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