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VETIVERIA Bory
Perennials. Inflorescence a panicle with an elongated central axis and whorled branches; rhachis internodes and pedicels slender, filiform. Spikelets in pairs, markedly different from each other: sessile spikelet laterally flattened; glumes subequal, awned or awnless; lower glume often minutely spiny on the keels and muricate or mammilate on the back; upper lemma entire or 2-lobed. Pedicellate spikelet male or neuter. Worldwide: 26 species in warm regions, especially Old World. Zambia: 3 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Provinces | Content |
| nigritanus (Benth.) Veldk. | B,W,C,S | Lk | Description, Image |
| serrulatus Trin. | S | Description | |
| zizanioides (L.) Roberty | B |
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