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Perennials with membranous ligule. Inflorescence a terminal group of numerous racemes borne on a short common axis; rhachis internodes columnar to inflated. Sessile spikelet: callus truncate, flat or with a central peg; lower glume smooth or muricate, keel winged or not; lower floret male or barren; upper lemma entire and awnless. Pedicellate spikelet usually resembling the sessile spikelet but smaller, occasionally vestigial.
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Phacelurus Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=255
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Phacelurus

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Phacelurus: Brief Summary

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Phacelurus is a genus of African and Eurasian plants in the grass family.

Species Phacelurus cambogiensis (Balansa) Clayton - Laos, Cambodia Phacelurus digitatus (Sm.) Griseb. - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria Phacelurus franksae (J.M.Wood) Clayton - Zambia, Zimbabwe, KwaZulu-Natal Phacelurus gabonensis (Steud.) Clayton - tropical Africa Phacelurus huillensis (Rendle) Clayton - Zaïre, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe Phacelurus latifolius (Steud.) Ohwi -- China, Korea, Japan Phacelurus schliebenii (Pilg.) Clayton - Zaïre, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi Phacelurus speciosus (Steud.) C.E.Hubb. - Afghanistan, Pakistan, Jammu-Kashmir Phacelurus trichophyllus S.L.Zhong - Sichuan, Yunnan Phacelurus zea (C.B.Clarke) Clayton - Yunnan, Guangxi, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam formerly included

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Phacelurus caespitosus - Loxodera caespitosa
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