Perennials. Inflorescence an open, contracted or spike-like panicle. Spikelets brown, occurring singly or in pairs, not in close triads. Lower lemma 3-nerved. Callus oblong to linear, truncate, 2-toothed or obliquely pungent. Upper lemma 2-dentate, glabrous or hairy, but without hair-tufts, with a deciduous awn from the sinus. Worldwide: 26 species in tropical and South Africa, Madagascar and 1 in South America Angola: 7 taxa. |
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| Species | Provinces | Content |
| angolensis C.E. Hubb. | CN,CS,CU,HI | |
| arundinacea (A. Rich.) Steud. | CN,LA,MA,MO | Description |
| cuanzensis Lubke & Phipps [End] | CN | |
| densispica (Rendle) C.E. Hubb. | BE,HI | |
| lanata (Stent & J.M. Rattray) C.E. Hubb. | CC,HA,NA | Description |
| phragmitoides (Peter) C.E. Hubb. | MO | |
| simplex (Nees) C.E. Hubb. | CC,CN,CS,CU,HI,LS | Description, Image |