Citation: R. Br. Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 207 (1810).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Perennials; leaf blades flat; ligule short and membranous, with or without hairs.

Inflorescence of spike-like racemes each supported by a spathe-like bract; spikelets _usually bisexual, in pairs, 1 on a pedicel fused with the rhachis and therefore appearing sessile and 1 sessile similar spikelet sunk in hollows in the rhachis; the rhachis scarcely articulate; glumes (of sessile spikelets) close the hollows in the rhachis; glumes subequal, the first 2-keeled; first lemma sterile, the second fertile, both lanceolate, acuminate, membranous, white.

Distribution:  About 10 species from Africa, Madagascar, Asia and Australia.

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available