Citation: Griff., Notulae 3:29 (1851).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Aquatic or marsh perennials; leaf blade flat; ligule membranous.

Inflorescence a panicle; spikelets acute, with usually a lower male floret and an upper female (or bisexual) floret, solitary and distant along the simple branches of the panicle, with an erect bristle below the terminal spikelet; first glume minute, the second many-nerved; first lemma subequal to the second glume; second (female) lemma and palea shorter.

Distribution:  7 species from Asia and Australia.

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available