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. Rwanda: 9 taxa. |
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| Species | Content | |
| atrosanguinea (Boeck.) C.B. Clarke | ||
| boeckeleriana (Schweinf.) Beetle | Description, Image | |
| densa (Wall.) Hand.-Mazz. | ||
| filamentosa (Vahl) C.B. Clarke | Description, Image | |
| hensii (C.B. Clarke) R.W. Haines | ||
| microelegans (Lye) R.W.Haines | ||
| oritrephes (Ridl.) C.B. Clarke | Description, Image | |
| scabricaulis Cherm. | ||
| ugandensis (Lye) R.W.Haines |