Clayton 139 (1969).- Type: Schweinfurth 1043, Ethiopia (iso- K)
Andropogon confinis var. nudiglumsis Hack., Monogr. Phan. 6: 641 (1889);
Hyparrhenia petiolata Stapf, FTA 9: 352 (1919).
Regional litterature: Fl. Ethiopia & Eritrea 7: 348, fig (1995); Pl. Sudan & S Sudan: 132 (2015).
Description:
* More slender annual. Leaves with a pronounced tendency to develop false petioles of up to 8 cm; ligule 5-20 mm long; sheaths auriculate.
* Peduncles about 1 cm longer than spatheoles, terminally excerted; raceme base with a linear-oblong appendage of 3-4 mm long.
* Sessile spikelets 7-8.5 mm long; homogamous spikelets 6.5-9 mm long; pedicelled spikelets 6-10 mm long with a bristle of 9-14 mm long.
Note: Seems hardly to be distinguished from var. confinis, is probably a synonym!