Mnesithea
| Jointtail grass | |
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| Mnesithea formosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | Andropogonodae |
| Tribe: | Andropogoneae |
| Subtribe: | Rottboelliinae |
| Genus: | Mnesithea Kunth |
| Type species | |
| Mnesithea laevis (Retz.) Kunth
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Mnesithea, or jointtail grass, is a genus of Asian, Australian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family.[2][3][4][5][6]
- Species[1]
- Mnesithea annua (Lazarides) de Koning & Sosef - Western Australia
- Mnesithea formosa (R.Br.) de Koning & Sosef - Lesser Sunda Islands, New Guinea, Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland
- Mnesithea laevis (Retz.) Kunth - Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Taiwan, Japan incl Nansei-shotō, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; Pacific Islands
- Mnesithea mollicoma (Hance) A.Camus - Guangdong, Guangxi, Thailand, Vietnam, Palawan, Java, Malaysia, Philippines, Sulawesi
- Mnesithea pilosa B.K.Simon - Queensland
- Mnesithea thailandica Traiperm & Boonkerd - Thailand
- Mnesithea veldkampii Potdar, S.P.Gaikwad, Salunkhe & S.R.Yadav - Maharashtra
- formerly included
see Coelorachis Hackelochloa Heteropholis Ophiuros Ratzeburgia Rhytachne Rottboellia
- Mnesithea afraurita - Coelorachis afraurita
- Mnesithea aurita - Coelorachis aurita
- Mnesithea balansae - Coelorachis balansae
- Mnesithea benoistii - Heteropholis benoistii
- Mnesithea cancellata - Coelorachis cancellata
- Mnesithea capensis - Coelorachis capensis
- Mnesithea clarkei - Coelorachis clarkei
- Mnesithea cylindrica - Coelorachis cylindrica
- Mnesithea exaltata - Ophiuros exaltatus
- Mnesithea geminata - Coelorachis geminata
- Mnesithea glandulosa - Coelorachis glandulosa
- Mnesithea granularis - Hackelochloa granularis
- Mnesithea helferi - Coelorachis helferi
- Mnesithea impressa - Coelorachis impressa
- Mnesithea khasiana - Coelorachis khasiana
- Mnesithea laevispica - Rottboellia laevispica
- Mnesithea lepidura - Coelorachis lepidura
- Mnesithea merguensis - Coelorachis striata
- Mnesithea nigrescens - Heteropholis nigrescens
- Mnesithea parodiana - Coelorachis parodiana
- Mnesithea pulcherrima - Ratzeburgia pulcherrima
- Mnesithea ramosa - Coelorachis ramosa
- Mnesithea rottboellioides - Coelorachis rottboellioides
- Mnesithea rugosa - Coelorachis rugosa
- Mnesithea rupincola - Coelorachis helferi
- Mnesithea selloana - Coelorachis selloana
- Mnesithea striata - Coelorachis striata
- Mnesithea subgibbosa - Rhytachne subgibbosa
- Mnesithea sulcata - Heteropholis sulcata
- Mnesithea tessellata - Coelorachis tessellata
- Mnesithea tuberculosa - Coelorachis tuberculosa
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Mnesithea Kunth". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
- ^ Kunth, Karl Sigismund . 1829. Révision des Graminées 1: 153-154 in Latin
- ^ Tropicos, Mnesithea Kunth
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 642 毛俭草属 mao jian cao shu Mnesithea Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 153. 1829.
- ^ Atlas of Living Australia, Mnesithea Kunth, Jointtail Grass
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