Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 74 (1841).- Type: Lichtenstein 569, South Africa (holo B, destroyed).
Anthephora hochstetteri Nees, Flora 27: 249 (1844).- Type: Schimper 71, Ethiopia, Scholoda Mts (iso-BM,BR,L,LG,S,W,WAG).
Regional litterature: FWTA: 457 (1972); FTEA: 664 (1982); Fl. Ethiopia & Eritrea 7: 281, fig (1995); Fl. Chad (2013); Pl. Sudan & S Sudan: 118 (2015).
Description:
* Tufted perennial of 0.3-1 m high. Leaves 3-40 cm long and 2-6 mm wide; ligule 2-8 mm long, with or without auricles.
* Inflorescence a panicle of 5-25 cm. long, the clusters with bearded peduncles.
* Spikelets lanceolate to narrowly ovate, broadest below the middle, 6-11 mm long. Lower glume sparsely pilose to densely villous, 3-7-nerved, acute to setaceously acuminate. Lower lemma densely ciliate, the hairs 1 mm. long and projecting from the spikelet.
Distribution West Africa: Mali, Chad, Sudan
Distribution world-wide: Algeria, Tunesia, Ethiopia, Uganda and NE, southern Africa.