Biology:Mnesithea
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Short description: Genus of grasses
| 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, Australia n, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family.[2][3][4][5][6]
- 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[1]
see Coelorachis Hackelochloa Heteropholis Ophiuros Ratzeburgia Rhytachne Rottboellia
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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
Wikidata ☰ Q2486728 entry
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