DIANDROCHLOA De Winter
STIBURUS Stapf
Poilecot, P. (2007) Eragrostis species of Zimbabwe Éditions Quae,Versailles, France
Annuals or perennials, often glandular, particularly on the leaf sheaths and inflorescence. Ligule a ciliate rim, rarely membranous (japonica only). Inflorescence an open, contracted or spike-like panicle, the branches sometimes racemose. Spikelets laterally flattened, awnless; glumes usually ± equal, 1-nerved. Lemmas 3-nerved; palea a little shorter than the lemma; anthers 2-3. Caryopsis usually spherical to ellipsoid. Derivation of name: Greek combination, probably meaning love-grass. Worldwide: c. 300 species in both temperate and tropical zones Burundi: 38 taxa. |
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| Species | Content | |
| aethiopica Chiov. | Description, Image | |
| amabilis (L.) Hook. & Arn. | Description | |
| aspera (Jacq.) Nees | Description | |
| atrovirens (Desf.) Steud. | Description | |
| barrelieri Daveau | Description | |
| caespitosa Chiov. | ||
| capensis (Thunb.) Trin. | Description, Image | |
| castellaneana Buscal. & Muschl. | Description | |
| chapelieri (Kunth) Nees | Description, Image | |
| cilianensis (All.) Vignolo ex Janch. | Description | |
| ciliaris (L.) R. Br. | Description | |
| congesta Oliv. | Description, Image | |
| curvula (Schrad.) Nees | Description | |
| exasperata Peter | Description | |
| gangetica (Roxb.) Steud. | Description | |
| heteromera Stapf | Description | |
| hispida K. Schum. | Description, Image | |
| homblei De Wild. | ||
| inamoena K. Schum. | Description, Image | |
| japonica (Thunb.) Trin. | Description, Image | |
| macilenta (A. Rich.) Steud. | Description | |
| mildbraedii Pilg. | Description | |
| minor Host | ||
| mollior Pilg. ex R.E. Fr. | Description, Image | |
| olivacea Pilg. | ||
| paniciformis (A. Braun) Steud. | Description | |
| patens Oliv. | Description, Image | |
| patula (Kunth) Steud. | ||
| pilosa (L.) P. Beauv. | Description | |
| prolifera (Sw.) Steud. | ||
| racemosa (Thunb.) Steud. | Description, Image | |
| schweinfurthii Chiov. | ||
| tenuifolia (A. Rich.) Hochst. ex Steud. | Description, Image | |
| tremula Hochst. ex Steud. | Description | |
| turgida (Schumach.) De Wild. | ||
| unioloides (Retz.) Nees ex Steud. | ||
| volkensii Pilg. | Description | |
| welwitschii Rendle | Description |