BRACHIARIA (Trin.) Griseb.
PSEUDOBRACHIARIA Launert
Annuals or perennials. Leaves: lamina linear or lanceolate; ligule a line of hairs. Inflorescence of racemes borne upon a short common axis; spikelets single and abaxial or paired. Spikelets lanceolate to ovate, plano-convex, cuspidate to acuminate; lower glume mostly shorter than spikelet; upper glume as long as spikelet, usually membranous; lower floret male or sterile, lower lemma resembling upper glume; upper lemma obtuse, mucronate. Derivation of name: from Greek: ouro meaning a tail; chloa meaning grass, possibly referring to the mucronate upper lemma Comment: This now includes all species formerly placed in Brachiaria. Worldwide: 103 species in the Old World tropics Burundi: 12 taxa. |
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| Species | Content | |
| arrecta (Hack. ex T.Durand & Schinz) Morrone & Zuloaga | Description, Image | |
| brizantha (A.Rich.) R.D.Webster | Description, Image | |
| comata (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Sosef | Description | |
| deflexa (Schumach.) H.Scholz | Description, Image | |
| dictyoneura (Fig. & De Not.) Veldkamp | Description | |
| eminii (Mez) Davidse | ||
| jubata (Fig. & De Not.) Sosef | Description | |
| panicoides P. Beauv. | Description, Image | |
| platynota (K.Schum.) Pilg. | ||
| semiundulata (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Ashal. & V.J.Nai | ||
| villosa (Lam.) T.Q.Nguyen | ||
| xantholeuca (Hack.) H.Scholz | Description, Image |