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Annuals or perennials. Inflorescence a panicle, often with whorled primary branches. Spikelets nearly always glabrous, awnless. Ligule a line of hairs. Inflorescence an open or contracted panicle. Spikelets 1-flowered. Glumes membranous, the upper usually longer than the lower. Lemma 1(-3)-nerved, without awns, usually shining; palea as long as lemma or a little shorter. Grain with free pericarp. Fruit rounded or truncate at tip, not beaked. Sporobolus species may resemble species of Eragrostis but are always 1-flowered whereas Eragrostis species have more than 1 floret per spikelet. Worldwide: c. 160 species in the tropics and subtropics Zambia: 31 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| acinifolius Stapf | B | Description |
| africanus (Poir.) A. Robyns & Tournay | B,W,C,E | Description |
| agrostoides Chiov. | ||
| angustifolius A.Rich. | N,S | |
| centrifugus (Trin.) Nees | W,E | Description |
| congoensis Franch. | B,N,W,C,E | Description |
| consimilis Fresen. | E | Description, Image |
| cordofanus (Steud.) Coss. | N,C,S | Description |
| festivus Hochst. ex A. Rich. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| fibrosus Cope | ||
| fimbriatus (Trin.) Nees | S | Description |
| ioclados (Trin.) Nees | B,C,E,S | Description |
| macranthelus Chiov. | ||
| mauritianus (Steud.) T. Durand & Schinz | N,W,C | Description |
| micranthus (Steud.) T. Durand & Schinz | N,W,C,S | Description |
| molleri Hack. | B,N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| myrianthus Benth. | N,W,C,E,S | Description |
| natalensis (Steud.) T. Durand & Schinz | ||
| nitens Stent | N | Description |
| olivaceus Napper | ||
| panicoides A. Rich. | B,N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| paniculatus (Trin.) T. Durand & Schinz | ||
| piliferus (Trin.) Kunth | N,W | Description |
| pyramidalis P. Beauv. | B,N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| sanguineus Rendle | B,N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| spicatus (Vahl) Kunth | B,N,E,S | Description |
| stapfianus Gand. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| stolzii Mez | N,S | Description |
| subtilis Kunth | B,N,W,C | Description, Image |
| uniglumis Stent & J.M. Rattray | N,C,S | Description |
| welwitschii Rendle | B,N,W,C | Description |
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