An Update of the Cenchrinae (Poaceae, Panicoideae, Paniceae) and a New Genus for the Subtribe to Clarify the Dubious Position of a Species of L.

Subtribe Cenchrinae, so-called as the "bristle clade", is a monophyletic group of panicoid grasses characterized by having sterile branches or bristles on the inflorescences in most of its species. Within this subtribe is also placed Retz., an "incertae sedis" species of L.

Systematics and Phylogenetic Placement of L. Species within the Melinidinae Based on Morphological, Anatomical, and Molecular Data (Poaceae, Panicoideae, Paniceae).

Generic boundaries of the African species Thunb., Hack. ex K.