Annuals or stoloniferous perennials. Inflorescence a horizontal whorl of racemes; raceme terminating in a naked point. Spikelets several-flowered, laterally flattened. Glumes 1-nerved, subequal, shorter than the lemmas; lower acute; upper awned from just below the apex. Lemma: nerves and flanks glabrous; apex entire. Paleas falling with the lemmas. Worldwide: 10 species in warm regions, mainly in the Old World Angola: 2 taxa. |
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| Species | Provinces | Content |
| aegyptium (L.) Willd. | CC,CU,HI,LA,MO,NA | Description, Image |
| giganteum B.S. Fisher & Schweick. | CC,CU,HI,MO | Description |