FTA 9: 471 (1919).- Type: Leprieur s.n., Senegal (holo- P; iso- K).
Panicum aristulatum Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1 : 42 (1853).
Regional litterature: Fl. Mauritania: 449 (1991); Pl. Mauritanie: 301 (1998).
Description:
* Annual of 15-50 cm high. Culms ascending, rooting from the lower nodes; nodes puibescent or bearded. Leaves 1-3 cm long, 2-3 mm wide, pilose, margins cartilaginous; ligule a ciliate membrane.
* Inflorescence 3-5 erect digitate racemes. Racemes unilateral, 2-4 cm long. Rhachis broadly winged with a rounded midrib of 0.8 mm wide. Spikelets in pairs or threes, pedicelles and pedicels 1-2 mm long.
* Spikelets oblong, acuminate, 1.7 mm long. Lower glume absent or obscure; upper glume oblong, 0.6 mm long, hyaline, 3-nerved with verruculose hairs, obtuse. Lowerfloret sterile with a oblong lemma of 1.5 mm long, 7-nerved with verruculose hairs; upper lemma 1.7 mm long, cartilaginous but thinner on the margins, acuminate with an awn of 1.3-1.5 mm long; plea cartilaginous. Anthers 3, 0.4 mm long.
Distribution West Africa and world-wide: Mauritania, Senegal, Mali.
Distribution Central Africa: DRC.