Melinis
Melinis | |
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Melinis repens | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
Supertribe: | Panicodae |
Tribe: | Paniceae |
Subtribe: | |
Genus: | Melinis P.Beauv. |
Type species | |
Melinis minutiflora | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Melinis is a genus of African and Arabian plants in the grass family.[2][3][4]
The generic name is derived from the Greek meline meaning "millet".[5]
- Melinis minutiflora
- Melinis nerviglumis
- Melinis repens
- Melinis reynaudioides
- formerly included[1]
numerous species now regarded as better suited to Tricholaena
References[]
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 54 description in Latin, commentary in French
- ^ Tropicos, Melinis P. Beauv.
- ^ Quattrocchi U. (2006). CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. 1. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. p. 1275. ISBN 978-0-8493-1303-5.
- ^ The Plant List search for Melinis
Categories:
- Panicoideae
- Poaceae genera
- Panicoideae stubs