Tufted perennials, with the general features of Chloris and differing significantly from that genus only in the dorsally (cf. laterally) compressed fertile lemma.
About 12 species, from Africa, America, southern Asia and Australia (6 species, all indigenous); 1 in Victoria.
Source:
Walsh, N.G. (1994). Poaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons, pp. 356–627. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
