Annual or perennial herbs. Culms triangular. Inflorescence an open anthela or congested into a dense head. Spikelets with many, (>5) florets. Glumes distichous. Perianth 0. Stamens 2-3. Stigmas 2. Fruit a nutlet, laterally flattened. Worldwide: c. 70 species, widespread in warm regions. Zimbabwe: 20 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| aethiops (Welw. ex Ridl.) C.B. Clarke | N,C,E | |
| chrysanthus (Boeckeler) C.B. Clarke | N,W,C | Description |
| elegantulus (Steud.) C.B. Clarke | E | Description, Image |
| elegantulus (Steud.) C.B. Clarke var. submelanostachys Kük. | E | |
| flavescens (L.) P.Beauv. ex Rchb. | N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
| lanceolatus (Poir.) C.B. Clarke | N,E | Description, Image |
| macranthus (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke | N,W,C,E,S | |
| macrostachyos (Lam.) J. Raynal | N,W,C,S | |
| melas (Ridl.) C.B. Clarke | C | |
| mundtii Nees var. mundtii | N,C,E,S | Description |
| muricatus (Kük.) Napper | W,C,E | |
| nitidus (Lam.) J. Raynal | W | |
| pelophilus (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke | N,W,C,E,S | Image |
| polystachyos (Rottb.) P. Beauv. var. laxiflorus (Benth.) C.B.Clarke | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| pumilus (L.) Nees | N,W,C,E,S | |
| smithianus (Ridl.) C.B. Clarke | W | |
| sp.no.1 (P.R. Guy 1753) | N | |
| sulcinux (C.B. Clarke) C. B. Clarke | E | |
| unioloides (R. Br.) Urb. | N,W,C | Image |
| zonatissimus Cherm. | C,S |