Citation: P. Beauv., Agrost. 67 (1812).

Derivation: Greek elytron, a sheath; phoros, bearing, alluding to the glumes.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Glabrous annuals of wet places; leaf blades expanded, ligule a membrane sometimes minutely hairy.

Inflorescence of dense globose or cylindrical clusters of spikelets on a common axis, the whole forming an interrupted or uninterrupted spike-like panicle, the clusters of spikelets usually subtended by 2-many bracts; spikelets small, compressed laterally, 4-6-flowered; glumes subequal, persistent, mucronate, 1-nerved; lemma rounded on the back, 3-nerved, tapering into a short awn; palea 2-fid at the summit, with 2 broad dorsal hyaline denticulate wings which embrace the base of the adjoining flower in the spikelet, the 2 narrow inner wings enclosing the grain.

Distribution:  4 species in Africa, Asia and Australia.

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available