Hemarthria

R.Br.
Source: 
SSA
Description: 
Pedicelled spikelet similar to sessile spikelet, bisexual; callus 0; pedicel flattened, broadly linear, fused to internode. x= 9, 10 (polyploidy, B-chromosomes).
Distribution: 
Species 12, tropical and subtropical regions of Old World, also in America; 1 in sthn Afr.: Hemarthria altissima (Poir.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb., widespread except Namibia.
Classification: 
POACEAE

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