Tufted perennials. Leaves flat or inrolled. Inflorescence a panicle. Spikelets 2(–3)-flowered; glumes 2, 1–3-nerved persistent, subequal, membranous, shorter than or equal to florets; lemma obscurely 5-nerved, obtuse, irregularly toothed, shortly hairy toward the base, awned dorsally; palea 2-nerved, equal to lemma.
About 40 species, cosmopolitan; 2 in Australia, 1 in Victoria
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.
