459.010 Pycreus P. Beauv.

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs. Culms triangular. Inflorescence an open anthela or congested into a dense head. Spikelets with many, (>5) florets. Glumes distichous. Perianth 0. Stamens 2-3. Stigmas 2. Fruit a nutlet, laterally flattened.

Worldwide: c. 70 species, widespread in warm regions.

Botswana: 14 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
aethiops (Welw. ex Ridl.) C.B. Clarke
chrysanthus (Boeckeler) C.B. Clarke
flavescens (L.) P. Beauv. ex Rchb. var. flavescens		Description
macranthus (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke
macrostachyos (Lam.) J. Raynal
mundtii Nees var. mundtii		Description
mundtii Nees var. uniceps (C.B. Clarke) Napper		Description
nitidus (Lam.) J. Raynal
okavangensis Podlech[LR-lc]	N
pelophilus (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke		Image
polystachyos (Rottb.) P. Beauv. var. laxiflorus (Benth.) C.B.Clarke		Description, Image
pumilus (L.) Nees
unioloides (R. Br.) Urb.		Image
waillyi Cherm.

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