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DIPLACHNE P. Beauv.
Annuals or perennials. Inflorescence of several to many racemes, arranged on a central axis. Spikelets 1-several-flowered, laterally flattened, disarticulating above the glumes and between the florets. Glumes persistent, membranous, 1-nerved, shorter than the spikelet. Lemmas 3-nerved, obtuse or 2-toothed at the apex, sometimes mucronate, rarely with a short awn. Worldwide: c. 40 species throughout the tropics and in warm temperate parts of America and Australia Zambia: 6 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| caerulescens Steud. | C,E | |
| chinensis (L.) Nees | B | Description, Image |
| fusca (L.) Kunth. | B,W,E,S | Description |
| gigantea (Launert) Cope | N,W,C | |
| panicea (Retz.) Ohwi | C,E,S | Description |
| uniflora Hochst. ex A. Rich. | N,C,S | Description |
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