Citation: R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 175 (1810).

Derivation: Greek amphi, both; pOgbn, beard; because both the lemma and palea have ciliate awns.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Grey-beard grasses.

Description:
Tussocky or tufted perennials; leaf blades stiff and often hairy, inrolled; ligule a fringe of hairs.

Inflorescence a dense panicle; spikelets 1-flowered, subsessile; glumes 2, persistent, 3-nerved; lemma on a short hairy callus, divided into 3 awned lobes; palea with 2 slender awns; styles united near the base.

Distribution:  7 species in Australia. (Partly from Willis (1970) A handbook to plants in Victoria).

Biology: No text

Key to Species:

1. Panicle oblong to narrow-cylindrical; plant tufted or shortly rhizomatous	A. caricinus 1.
1. Panicle capitate; plant rhizomatous	A. strictus 2.

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