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PSEUDOBRACHIARIA Launert
Annuals or perennials. Inflorescence of racemes along a central axis; spikelets single and adaxial, paired or rarely in fascicles. Spikelets plump, obtuse to acute; sometimes the lowest internode elongated and then forming a short stipe (B. nigropedata) lower glume usually shorter than spikelet; lower lemma awnless (rarely in B. nigropedata and B. serrata with a short awn point); upper lemma as long as the spikelet, coriaceous to crustaceous; apex acute, obtuse or rarely mucronulate. Worldwide: c. 100 species in warm regions, mainly Africa Zambia: 21 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| arrecta (T. Durand & Schinz) Stent | N,S | Description, Image |
| bovonei (Chiov.) Robyns | B,N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| brevispicata (Rendle) Stapf | ||
| brizantha (A. Rich.) Stapf | B,N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| clavipila (Chiov.) Robyns | ||
| deflexa (Schumach.) Robyns | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| dictyoneura (Fig. & De Not.) Stapf | B,N,W,C,E,S | Description |
| dura Stapf | Description | |
| eminii (Mez) Robyns | N,E | |
| eruciformis (J.E. Sm.) Griseb. | C,S | Description |
| grossa Stapf | N,C,S | Description |
| jubata (Fig. & De Not.) Stapf | N,C,S | Description |
| nigropedata (Ficalho & Hiern) Stapf | B,S | Description, Image |
| oligobrachiata (Pilg.) Henr. | ||
| platynota (K.Schum.) Robyns | ||
| pungipes Clayton [LR-lc] | ||
| rugulosa Stapf | Description | |
| scalaris Pilg. | Description | |
| serrata (Thunb.) Stapf | B,N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
| subulifolia (Mez) Clayton | N,W,C | Description |
| xantholeuca (Schinz) Stapf | B,C,S | Description, Image |
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