(Last Modified On 10/16/2012)
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(Last Modified On 10/16/2012)
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Genus
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BRACHIARIA
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Fl. Ross. 4:469. 1853.
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Description
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Spikelets solitary, subsessile in two rows on one side of a flattened or triangular rachis, the first glume turned toward the rachis; first glume 3- to 5-nerved, broad and clasping, one-third to half as long as the spikelet; second glume and sterile lemma equal, longer than the fruit, 5- to 7-nerved, glabrous or pubescent; fruit indurate, usually papillose-rugose, sometimes smooth, the margins of the lemma inrolled.
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Note
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Annual or perennial, stoloniferous or decumbent-spreading grasses with flat blades and few to several racemes approximate or rather distant on a common axis.
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