Citation: Adamson & Sprague, Jl S. Afr. Bot. 7:89 (1941).

Derivation: Greek plagios, oblique; chloe, grass; referring to the insertion of the spikelets on the rhachis.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Variable perennials, with leaf blades expanded at first but soon rolled; ligule a hairy rim.

Inflorescence a spike or spike-like panicle or raceme; spikelets 3-14-flowered, usually in 2 rows and placed obliquely to the rhachis; glumes 4- to 5- or rarely 7-nerved, shorter than the spikelets, shortly awned or awnless, glabrous or hairy; lemmas 7-9-nerved, hairy, the hairs club-shaped, awnless or shortly awned.

Distribution:  5 to 7 species from South Africa.

Biology: No text

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