Hordeum

L.
Source: 
SSA
Description: 
Lateral spikelet sterile or male; usually smaller than central spikelet, often reduced to awns; lemma, if present, awnless to awned, often with a rachilla extension; glumes bristle-like and long-awned, often ciliate. x= 7 (polyploidy).
Distribution: 
Species +/- 40, temperate regions throughout the world; 5 in sthn Afr., 1 indigenous: Hordeum capense Thunb., North-West, Lesotho, Northern, Western and Eastern Cape.
Classification: 
POACEAE

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