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G.561. Tristachya
DOLICHOCHAETE (C.E. Hubb.) J.B. Phipps
Description of the genus
Annuals or perennials. Ligule a line of hairs. Inflorescence an open or contracted panicle; spikelets mostly borne in triads with connate pedicels, less often in groups of 2-3 on long unequal free pedicels. Spikelets large, brown, 2-flowered, the lower floret male or barren. Lower lemma 5-7-nerved. Callus of upper floret pungent, conical. Upper lemma usually pubescent, rarely with hair-tufts, 2-lobed, geniculately awned. Worldwide: 22 species in tropical and South Africa, Madagascar and tropical America Mozambique: 5 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| leucothrix Nees | MS | Description |
| nodiglumis K. Schum. | N,Z,MS | Description, Image |
| rehmannii Hack. | Z | Description |
| superba (De Not.) Schweinf. & Asch. | N,Z | Description |
| thollonii Franch. | N |
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Wikipedia: Tristachya
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Tristachya
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Tristachya
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