in C.B.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 328 (1830).- Type: Elmer 10521, Philippines (iso- MO).
Andropogon fasciculatus (Brongn.) Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 382 (1854), nom. illeg.;
Andropogon vuilletii Mimeur, Rev. Bot. Appliq. 31: 213 (1951).- Type: Vuillet 502, Mali (holo- P);
Ischaemum fasciculatum Brongn. in L.I.Duperrey, Voy. Monde, Phan.: 73 (1831); Type: d’Urville, Mauritius (holo P);
Ischaemum tallanum Rendle, J. Bot. 31: 359 (1893).; Fl. Guinée: 463 (2009).- Type: Scott Elliot 4927, Sierra Leone (iso- K).
Regional litterature: FTEA: 749 (1982); Fl. Zambesiaca 10,4: 51 (2002); Pl. Burkina Faso: 94 (2012);
Description:
* Rambling or prostrate perennial of 0.3-2 m high. Culms ascending or erect, rooting at the lower nodes; nodes pubescent. Leaves linear, 8-14 cm long and 4-8 mm wide, glabrous or pubescent; ligule 1-2 mm long, glabrous.
* Inflorescence 2-3 digitate racemes. Racemes unilateral, 3-15 cm long; rhachis fragile, angular, ciliate on the margins; internodes cuneate, yellowish to purple, flat, forming a V or U shape with pedicel. Pedicels as long as internode, ciliate.
* Sessile spikelets lanceolate to oblong, 4-6 mm long; callus 1.5 mm long, bearded. Lower glume chartaceous, 2-keeled but no wings, convex, glabrous to pilose, bidentate; upper glume 1-keeled, acuminate. Upper lemma oblong, membranous 4-6 mm long with a geniculate awn of 7-14 mm long from the sinus. Pedicelled spikelets sterile, well-developped, 4-7 mm long. Glumes chartaceous, keeled, muticous; lemma geniculately awned.
Distribution West Africa: Guinea, Sierra Leone, Mali, Burkina Faso, Cameroon.
Distribution world-wide: DRC, Ethiopia, Tanzania, southern Africa, Asia, Australia.