G.465. Sacciolepis Nash

Description of the genus

Annuals or perennials. Inflorescence a dense, spike-like panicle (in ours), rarely open. Spikelets laterally flattened (dorsally in S. interrupta), asymmetrical; glumes prominently ribbed; lower 1/4 to 3/4 the length of the spikelet; upper glume equalling spikelet and gibbous; lower lemma resembling upper glume but less gibbous; upper lemma dorsally flattened, thinly coriaceous to cartilaginous; margin flat or involute but never hyaline

Worldwide: 30 species in tropical and warm areas, especially Africa

Zambia: 11 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Provinces	Content
africana C.E. Hubb. & Snowden	B,N,C,S	C,S,W	Description
catumbensis (Rendle) Stapf	N,W	Nw,N
chevalieri Stapf	B,N,W,C,S	Nw,C	Description
indica (L.) Chase	B,N,W,E,S	Lk,S,W	Description
interrupta (Willd.) Stapf	N,E,S	N,S,W	Description
micrococca Mez	E	E	Description
rigens (Mez) A.Chev.	N,W	Nw,Mc
seslerioides (Rendle) Stapf	N,W	Nw,C	Description
spiciformis (A. Rich.) Stapf	N,W,C,S	Nw,N,Lk	Description
transbarbata Stapf	N,W,C,S	Nw,C,Lk,S	Description
typhura (Stapf) Stapf	B,N,C,E	C,Lk,W	Description, Image

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