Mnesithea
| Jointtail grass | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
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| Tribe: | Andropogoneae |
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| Genus: | Mnesithea Kunth |
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(Retz.) Kunth
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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]
- (Lazarides) de Koning & Sosef - Western Australia
- (R.Br.) de Koning & Sosef - Lesser Sunda Islands, New Guinea, Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland
- (Retz.) Kunth - Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Taiwan, Japan incl Nansei-shotō, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; Pacific Islands
- (Hance) A.Camus - Guangdong, Guangxi, Thailand, Vietnam, Palawan, Java, Malaysia, Philippines, Sulawesi
- B.K.Simon - Queensland
- Traiperm & Boonkerd - Thailand
- Potdar, S.P.Gaikwad, Salunkhe & S.R.Yadav - Maharashtra
- formerly included[1]
see Coelorachis Hackelochloa Heteropholis Ophiuros Ratzeburgia Rhytachne Rottboellia
- Mnesithea afraurita -
- Mnesithea aurita -
- Mnesithea balansae -
- Mnesithea benoistii -
- Mnesithea cancellata -
- Mnesithea capensis -
- Mnesithea clarkei -
- Mnesithea cylindrica - Coelorachis cylindrica
- Mnesithea exaltata -
- Mnesithea geminata -
- Mnesithea glandulosa -
- Mnesithea granularis - Hackelochloa granularis
- Mnesithea helferi -
- Mnesithea impressa -
- Mnesithea khasiana -
- Mnesithea laevispica -
- Mnesithea lepidura -
- Mnesithea merguensis -
- Mnesithea nigrescens -
- Mnesithea parodiana -
- Mnesithea pulcherrima - Ratzeburgia pulcherrima
- Mnesithea ramosa -
- Mnesithea rottboellioides -
- Mnesithea rugosa -
- Mnesithea rupincola -
- Mnesithea selloana -
- Mnesithea striata -
- Mnesithea subgibbosa -
- Mnesithea sulcata -
- Mnesithea tessellata -
- Mnesithea tuberculosa -
References[]
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ 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
- ^ The Plant List search for Mnesithea
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