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RENDLIA Chiov.
Annuals or perennials. Inflorescence a single raceme, bearing inclined or pectinate spikelets on a semi-terete (crescent-shaped in section) rhachis. Spikelets 1-flowered, (rarely with a second developed male floret), alternate in two rows, disarticulating above the glumes. Glumes subequal, 1-nerved, enclosing the florets; lower keeled, upper dorsally rounded. Lemma membranous, keeled, acute to 2-lobed at the apex, awnless but sometimes minutely mucronate. Worldwide: 6 species occurring throughout the tropics Botswana: 3 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| caffra Nees | N,SW,SE | Description |
| indica (L.f.) P. Beauv. | N | Description |
| kunthii Desv. | N | Description, Image |
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