Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves usually very narrow and almost filiform, usually with tufts of hairs at the mouth of the leaf sheath. Inflorescence an anthela. Glumes spirally arranged; the lowest 1-2 may be empty, the others bisexual. Perianth 0. Stamens 2-3; stigmas 2-3, the base of the style persisting as a distinct rim or knob. Nutlet biconvex if stigmas 2, trigonous if stigmas 3. Nutlet smooth, tuberculate or, more often, transversely wrinkled. Mozambique: 8 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| boeckeleriana (Schweinf.) Beetle | Description, Image | |
| burchellii (Ficalho & Hiern) C.B. Clarke | GI | Image |
| contexta (Nees) M. Bodard | Description, Image | |
| hispidula (Vahl) R.W. Haines | Description, Image | |
| macra (Ridl.) C.B. Clarke | Description, Image | |
| oritrephes (Ridl.) C.B. Clarke | MS,GI | Description, Image |
| pilosa (Willd.) Cherm. | GI | Description, Image |
| schoenoides (Kunth) C.B.Clarke sens. lat. | Description, Image |