Cornucopiae L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1980, Flora Europaea. Volume 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 243

95. Cornucopiae L. 1

Annuals. Leaves flat. Inflorescence a short dense panicle surrounded by an obconical, toothed involucre. Spikelets strongly compressed laterally, with 1 floret. Glumes equal, connate in lower 3-veined. Lemma equalling the glumes, the margins connate in the lower 5-veined, the median vein often forming a short, dorsal awn. Palea absent. Lodicules absent.