Mnesithea

Jointtail Grass
Mnesithea formosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Mnesithea
Kunth
Type species
Mnesithea laevis
(Retz.) Kunth
Synonyms[1]

Diperium Desv.

Mnesithea (called Jointtail Grass) is a genus of Asian, Australian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family.[2][3][4][5][6]

Species[1][7]
  1. Mnesithea annua (Lazarides) de Koning & Sosef - Western Australia
  2. Mnesithea formosa (R.Br.) de Koning & Sosef - Lesser Sunda Islands, New Guinea, Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland
  3. Mnesithea laevis (Retz.) Kunth - Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Taiwan, Japan incl Nansei-shotō, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; Pacific Islands
  4. Mnesithea mollicoma (Hance) A.Camus - Guangdong, Guangxi, Thailand, Vietnam, Palawan, Java, Malaysia, Philippines, Sulawesi
  5. Mnesithea pilosa B.K.Simon - Queensland
  6. Mnesithea × thailandica Traiperm & Boonkerd - Thailand
  7. Mnesithea veldkampii Potdar, S.P.Gaikwad, Salunkhe & S.R.Yadav - Maharashtra
formerly included[1]

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


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