Elionurus

Kunth ex Willd.
Source: 
SSA
Description: 
Pedicelled spikelet well developed, acute to acuminate or with short awn-point, glabrous or hairy. Florets 2, male only or rarely reduced and sterile; lemma awnless. x= 5, 10.
Distribution: 
Species 15, cosmopolitan, tropical and subtropical; 2 in sthn Afr.: Elionurus muticus (Spreng.) Kunth, widespread except Western Cape; and E. tripsacoides Willd., NE Namibia.
Classification: 
POACEAE

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