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DIANDROCHLOA De Winter
STIBURUS Stapf
Poilecot, P. (2007) Eragrostis species of Zimbabwe Éditions Quae,Versailles, France
Annuals or perennials, often glandular, particularly on the leaf sheaths and inflorescence. Ligule a ciliate rim, rarely membranous (japonica only). Inflorescence an open, contracted or spike-like panicle, the branches sometimes racemose. Spikelets laterally flattened, awnless; glumes usually ± equal, 1-nerved. Lemmas 3-nerved; palea a little shorter than the lemma; anthers 2-3. Caryopsis usually spherical to ellipsoid. Derivation of name: Greek combination, probably meaning love-grass. Worldwide: c. 300 species in both temperate and tropical zones Botswana: 55 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| aethiopica Chiov. | N | Description, Image |
| amabilis (L.) Hook. & Arn. | N | Description |
| annulata Rendle ex Scott-Elliot | SW | |
| aspera (Jacq.) Nees | N,SE | Description |
| barbinodis Hack. | ||
| barrelieri Daveau | N,SE | Description |
| bicolor Nees | SW,SE | Description |
| biflora Hack. ex Schinz | N,SW,SE | Description |
| brizantha Nees | SW | |
| capensis (Thunb.) Trin. | Description, Image | |
| chapelieri (Kunth) Nees | Description, Image | |
| cilianensis (All.) Vignolo ex Janch. | N,SE | Description |
| ciliaris (L.) R. Br. | N | Description |
| cimicina Launert | N | Description |
| curvula (Schrad.) Nees | SE | Description |
| cylindriflora Hochst. | N,SW,SE | Description, Image |
| dinteri Stapf | N,SW | |
| echinochloidea Stapf | N,SW,SE | Description |
| friesii Pilg. | Description | |
| gangetica (Roxb.) Steud. | N | Description |
| glandulosipedata De Winter | N,SW | Description |
| gummiflua Nees | SE | Description |
| habrantha Rendle | N | Description |
| heteromera Stapf | N,SE | Description |
| hierniana Rendle | SE | Description |
| homomalla Nees | Description | |
| inamoena K. Schum. | N,SE | Description, Image |
| japonica (Thunb.) Trin. | N,SE | Description, Image |
| laevissima Hack. | N,SW | |
| lappula Nees | N | Description |
| lehmanniana Nees | N,SW,SE | Description, Image |
| leptotricha Cope | N | Description |
| macrochlamys Pilg. | N,SW | |
| membranacea Hack. ex Schinz | N | Description |
| mildbraedii Pilg. | Description | |
| nindensis Ficalho & Hiern | N,SW,SE | Description |
| pallens Hack. | N,SW,SE | Description |
| patentipilosa Hack. | Description, Image | |
| phyllacantha Cope | SW | Description |
| pilgeriana Dinter ex Pilg. | N | |
| pilosa (L.) P. Beauv. | N,SE | Description |
| plana Nees | Description, Image | |
| porosa Nees | N,SE | Description |
| procumbens Nees | Description | |
| pusilla Hack. | ||
| racemosa (Thunb.) Steud. | Description, Image | |
| rogersii C.E. Hubb. | N | Description |
| rotifer Rendle | N,SW,SE | Description |
| sarmentosa (Thunb.) Trin. | N | Description |
| stapfii De Winter | SW,SE | Description |
| subglandulosa Cope[End] | N | |
| superba Peyr. | N,SW,SE | Description, Image |
| tef (Zuccagni) Trotter | SE | Description |
| truncata Hack. | ||
| viscosa (Retz.) Trin. | N,SW,SE | Description, Image |
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