G.559. Danthoniopsis
GAZACHLOA J.B. Phipps
JACQUESFELIXIA J.B. Phipps
RATTRAYA J.B. Phipps
Description of the genus
Annuals or perennials (in ours). Leaves: lamina crinkled on one margin or on neither margin. Panicle open or contracted, bearing spikelets in groups of 2-3. Spikelets mostly purplish. Glumes usually glabrous. Lower lemma 3-9-nerved. Upper lemma usually with 2-8 transversely arranged tufts of hair, sometimes glabrous, 2-lobed, geniculately awned; callus square to oblong, obtuse. Palea keels winged, often terminating in an auricle. Worldwide: 12 species occurring in tropical Africa and eastward to Pakistan Zimbabwe: 5 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| chimanimaniensis (J.B. Phipps) Clayton [NrEnd] [LR-nt] | E | Description |
| dinteri (Pilg.) C.E. Hubb. | S | Description |
| petiolata (J.B. Phipps) Clayton | W | Description |
| pruinosa C.E. Hubb. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| viridis (Rendle) C.E. Hubb. | N,C | Description |
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