Citation: R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 185 (1810).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Annuals or perennials; leaf blade narrow; ligule ciliate.

Inflorescence a panicle, sometimes spike-like; spikelets compressed laterally, several-flowered, the uppermost florets barren; glumes persistent, subequal, hyaline, 1-nerved (keeled); lemma membranous, 3-nerved, narrowly 3-lobed, the nerves running into 3 erect capillary awns, the central lobe deeply 2-fid into 2 lanceolate teeth and the central awn rising between the teeth.

Distribution:  10 species from Australia and South Africa.

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available