Kew Bull. 4: 363 (1949); Gen. Gram.: 277 (1986).
Tisserantiella Mimeur
Description:
* Annual.
* Inflorescence a very slender spiciform panicle, sometimes imitating a raceme but not unilateral.
* Spikelets dorsally compressed, falcate in profile. Lower glume up to ¼ spikelet length, hyaline nerveless; upper glume gibbous as long as spikelet. Lower lemma as long as spikelet, thinly coriaceous. Upper lemma cartilaginous with firm flat margins.