DIPLACHNE P. Beauv.
Annuals or perennials. Inflorescence of several to many racemes, arranged on a central axis. Spikelets 1-several-flowered, laterally flattened, disarticulating above the glumes and between the florets. Glumes persistent, membranous, 1-nerved, shorter than the spikelet. Lemmas 3-nerved, obtuse or 2-toothed at the apex, sometimes mucronate, rarely with a short awn. Worldwide: c. 40 species throughout the tropics and in warm temperate parts of America and Australia Angola: 5 taxa. |
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| Species | Provinces | Content |
| coerulescens Steud. | MA | |
| fusca (L.) Kunth. | MO | Description |
| gigantea (Launert) Cope | MO | |
| obtusiflora Hochst. | LA | |
| uniflora Hochst. ex A. Rich. | CN | Description |