Willdenowia 34: 131 (2004).- Type: Chevalier 9633, Chad, Baguirmi (holo- K, iso- P).
Chloris lamproparia Stapf, Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 58: 220 (1912).
Regional litterature: FWTA: 400 (1972); FTEA: 340 (1974); Fl. Mauritania: 446 (1991); Gram. Cameroun: 170, fig. 36 (1992); Fl. Ethiopia & Eritrea 7: 168, fig (1995); Pl. Mauritanie: 288 (1998); Pl. Burkina Faso: 116 (2012); Fl. Chad (2013); Pl. Sudan & S Sudan: 123 (2015).
Description:
* Tufted annual of 0.3-0.6 m high. Culms erect or ascending, sometimes rooting at the lower nodes. Leaves flat, 4-16 cm long and 3-5 mm broad, with long scattered hairs, especially near the ligule, tapering at the apex.
* Inflorescence in 1-4 (usually 2) racemes, paired or closely digitate, embraced below by a spathaceous upper leaf-sheath.
* Spikelets 3-4-flowered, 2 awned. Glumes sickle-shape, lanceolate; lower glume 3-4.5 mm long, golden brown, papery; upper glume 6-8 mm long, pale brown, membranous. Lowest lemma boat-shaped, dark brown, 3-4 mm long, with an awn of 4-6 mm long from near the tip, appressed ciliate on the keel and with spreading ciliate; 2-4 th lemmas condensed and reduced to a glabrous clavate appendage projecting from the side of the lowest lemma and bearing a single awn 2.5-4 mm long.
Distribution West Africa: Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Sudan, South Sudan.
Distribution world-wide: Ethiopia, DRC and E Africa.