Fl. Afr. Nord. 1: 287 (1952).- Type: Schimper 1792, Ethiopia, Djeladjeranne (isosyn- BR,K); Quartin Dillon, Ethiopia, Shire (syn- P).
Andropogon proximus A. Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 464 (1851);
Andropogon sennarenss Hochst., Flora 27: 243 (1844).- Type: Kotschy 187, Sudan (iso- K);
Cymbopogon sennarensis (Hochst.) Chiov., Gram. Essenze: 16 (1909).
Regional litterature: FTA 9: 270 (1919); FTWA: 482 (1972); Ghana grasses: 128 (1977); FTEA: 765 (1982); Gram. Togo: 185 (1983); Fl. Ethiopia & Eritrea 7: 329, fig. (1995); Pl. Mauritanie: 307 (1998); Poac. Niger : 569, fig. (1999); Poac. CI: 542, fig. (1995); Fl. Bénin: 195 (2006); Fl. Guinée: 454 (2009); Fl. Chad (2013); Pl. Sudan & S Sudan: 124 (2015).
Description:
* Leaves flat, up to 3 mm broad, but often convolute or folded in dry specimens, and up to 35 cm long
* Inflorescence a compound panicle and raceme-pairs aggregated into densely congested cluster with numerous reddish-brown racemes. Spatheoles 1-2 cm long.
* Lower glume of sessile spikelet usually pubescent between the keels.