Bull. Mis. Hist. Nat. Paris sér. 2, 20: 470 (1948).- Type : Schnell 3437, Guinea (holo- P; iso- K).
Regional litterature: FWTA: 410 (1972) ; Poac. Niger: 303, fig. (1999).
Description:
* Tiny annual of 5-12 cm long. Culms erect, internodes distally glabrous. Leaves erect, filiform, convolute, 0.5-1 mm wide; ligule a very short ciliated membrane.
* Inflorescence an open linear panicle of 1-2 cm long with 10-20 fertile spikelets. Primary branches indistinct; the panicle almost racemose. Spikelets pedicelled.
* Spikelets lanceolate, 2.3 mm long. Lower glume oblong, 1.1 mm long, truncate or obtuse. Upper glume lanceolate, 1.1 mm long, truncate or obtuse. Lemma elliptic, 2.3 mm long; paleas long as lemma. Caryopsis ellipsoid or ovoid.
Distribution West Africa and world-wide: Guinea, Niger