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Annuals or perennials. Leaves: lamina variable, from linear to ovate. Inflorescence a panicle, usually much branched, but occasionally ± contracted about the primary branches. Spikelets dorsally flattened, rarely slightly gibbous; lower glume usually shorter than (rarely equal to) the spikelet; upper glume as long as, the spikelet, often with a stipe-like internode between the glumes; lower floret male or barren; its lower lemma resembling the upper glume; upper lemma crustaceous; margin involute and clasping only the edges of the palea. A generally recognisable genus but the following could be confused with it: Brachiaria deflexa, Eriochloa meyeriana, Tricholaena monachne. Worldwide: 500 species or more in tropical and warm temperate zones Zambia: 61 taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Provinces | Content |
| adenophorum K.Schum. | N | N | |
| atrosanguineum A. Rich. | N,S | Lk | Description |
| brazzavillense Franch. | B,N,W,C | Nw,C | Description |
| brevifolium L. | S | S | Description |
| bullockii Renvoize [LR-lc] | N | N | |
| carneovaginatum Renvoize | N,W,S | Nw,Mc,S | |
| chambeshii Renvoize | N | N,Mc | Description |
| chionachne Mez | N,W | Nw,N | Description, Image |
| claytonii Renvoize | N,W,E | Nw,Mc | |
| coloratum L. var. coloratum | N,S | N,Lk,W | Description |
| comorense Mez | E | E,Lk | |
| delicatulum Fig. & de Not. | N | N | Description, Image |
| deustum Thunb. | C,S | Lk | Description |
| dregeanum Nees | N,W,C,E,S | Nw,C | Description, Image |
| ecklonii Nees | N,W | Nw | Description |
| ephemerum Renvoize | W | Nw | |
| flacciflorum Stapf | N | N | |
| fluviicola Steud. | N,W,E | Nw | Description |
| funaense Vanderyst | B,N | W | |
| glandulopaniculatum Renvoize | N | Lp | Description |
| gracilicaule Rendle | N,W,C,E,S | Nw,Lk | Description |
| graciliflorum Rendle | C,E | Lk | |
| graniflorum Stapf | B,W,S | Nw,W | Description |
| habrothrix Renvoize | W | Nw | |
| hanningtonii Stapf | E | E | |
| haplocaulos Pilg. | N,S | C,S | Description |
| heterostachyum Hack. | B,N,W,C,E,S | Nw,N,E,C,S | Description, Image |
| hirtum Lam. | |||
| hymeniochilum Nees | N | N | Description |
| infestum Andersson ex Peters | N | N | Description |
| kalaharense Mez | W | Description | |
| lindleyanum Steud. | N,W,C | Nw,Lp | |
| lukwangulense Pilg. | |||
| madipirense Mez | B,N,C,E,S | S | Description |
| margaritiferum (Chiov.) Robyns | N,W | Nw,Lp | |
| massaiense Mez | C,E | N | |
| maximum Jacq. | C,E,S | C,Lk | Description, Image |
| merkeri Mez | C,S | C,Lk | Description |
| mlahiense Renvoize | N | N | |
| natalense Hochst. | B,W | Nw,C,Lk | Description |
| nervatum (Franch.) Stapf | N,C,S | N,C | Description |
| nigromarginatum Robyns | N,W,S | Cb,S | Description |
| novemnerve Stapf | C | Lk | Description |
| pansum Rendle | N | N | |
| parvifolium Lam. | B,N,C | Nw,N,W | |
| pectinellum Stapf | N,W,C | Nw,C | |
| perangustatum Renvoize [DD] | N | N | |
| phippsii Renvoize [DD] | N | N | |
| phragmitoides Stapf | N | Mc | Description |
| pole-evansii C.E. Hubb. | N | N | |
| porphyrrhizos Steud. | C,E,S | S | Description |
| pseudoracemosum Renvoize [LR-lc] | N,W | Nw | |
| repens L. | B,N,W,S | Cb,S,W | Description |
| repentellum Napper | C,S | Lk,S | Description |
| sadinii (Vanderyst) Renvoize | N,W | Nw | |
| subalbidum Kunth | B,N,E,S | C,Lk,S,W | Description, Image |
| trichocladum Hack. ex K. Schum. | C | C | Description |
| trichoides Sw. | S | Lk | Description |
| trichonode Launert & Renvoize | B,W,S | Cb,Lk | Description |
| walense Mez | N,E,S | N,S | |
| zambesiense Renvoize | C,S | S | Description |
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