Ophiuros

Ophiuros
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Ophiuros
C.F.Gaertn.
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Rottboellia subg. Ophiuros (C.F. Gaertn.) Hack.
  • Ophiurus R.Br.

Ophiuros is a genus of Asia, Australian, and East African plants in the grass family.[3][4][5][6]

species[7][8]
  1. Ophiuros bombaiensis Bor - Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra
  2. Ophiuros exaltatus (L.) Kuntze - Indian Subcontinent, southern China, Southeast Asia, Ryukyu Islands, New Guinea, Australia
  3. Ophiuros megaphyllus Stapf ex Haines - eastern India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand
  4. Ophiuros papillosus Hochst. - Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan
formerly included[7]

see Coelorachis Hainardia Lepturus Mnesithea Parapholis Pholiurus Ratzeburgia Rhytachne Rottboellia Thaumastochloa

  • Ophiuros appendiculatus - Rottboellia cochinchinensis
  • Ophiuros auriculatus - Ratzeburgia pulcherrima
  • Ophiuros cochinchinensis - Mnesithea laevis var. cochinchinensis
  • Ophiuros compressus - Parapholis filiformis
  • Ophiuros cylindricus - Hainardia cylindrica
  • Ophiuros erectus - Parapholis filiformis
  • Ophiuros filiformis - Parapholis filiformis
  • Ophiuros gracilis - Parapholis filiformis
  • Ophiuros incurvatus - Parapholis incurva
  • Ophiuros laevis - Mnesithea laevis
  • Ophiuros loricatus - Rhytachne rottboellioides
  • Ophiuros monostachyus - Mnesithea laevis var. cochinchinensis
  • Ophiuros muricatulus - Coelorachis glandulosa
  • Ophiuros pannonicus - Pholiurus pannonicus
  • Ophiuros perforatus - Mnesithea laevis
  • Ophiuros plicatus - Rhytachne rottboellioides
  • Ophiuros pollockii - Thaumastochloa pubescens
  • Ophiuros pubescens - Thaumastochloa pubescens
  • Ophiuros radicans - Lepturus radicans
  • Ophiuros shimadanus - Mnesithea laevis var. chenii
  • Ophiuros subulatus - Hainardia cylindrica
  • Ophiuros undatus - Mnesithea laevis var. cochinchinensis
  • Ophiuros undulatus - Mnesithea laevis var. cochinchinensis

References

  1. Tropicos, Ophiuros C.F. Gaertn.
  2. The International Plant Names Index
  3. Gaertner, Carl (Karl) Friedrich von 1791. De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum 3
  4. Gaertner, Carl (Karl) Friedrich von 1805. Supplementum Carpologiae: seu continuati operis Josephi Gaertner De fructibus et seminibus plantarum 1(1): 3, plate 181, figure 3
  5. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  6. Flora of China FOC Vol. 22 Page 647 蛇尾草属 she wei cao shu Ophiuros C. F. Gaertner, Suppl. Carp. 3. 1805.
  7. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  8. The Plant List search for Ophiuros


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