Description:
Straggling annuals, decumbent at base and rooting at lower nodes; culms weak. Leaf blades broadly linear to narrowly lanceolate; ligule membranous. Inflorescence composed of racemes borne along a central axis; rachis triquetrous, bearing solitary pedicellate spikelets. Spikelets narrowly lanceolate, dorsally compressed; lower glume adaxial, ovate,
Distribution:
Monotypic genus: Acritochaete volkensii Pilg., mountains of trop. Africa; sthn trop. Afr.: Zambia.
Source:
SSTA
Classification:
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