Fund. Agrost.: 149 (1822); Gen. Gram.: 128 (1986).- Type-species : Rostraria pubescens Trin.
Lophochloa Reichenb., Fl. Germ. Exc.: 42 (1830).
Description:
* Annuals. Leaves flat.
* Inflorescence in a spike-like panicle with hispidulous branches.
* Spikelets several-flowered. Glumes subequal or unequal, keeled with hyaline margins, usually shorter than lemmas. Lemmas membranous, keeled with hyaline margins, narrowly oblong in side view, obtuse to acute, with a straight awnlet of up to 3 mm long mounted high on the back or just below the tip.
A genus with about 10 species of dry weedy places; northern Africa and the Middle East.