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Mnesithea annua ''Mnesithea'', or jointtail grass, is a genus of Asian, Australian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family. ; Species * '' Mnesithea annua'' (Lazarides) de Koning & Sosef - Western Australia * ''Mnesithea formosa'' (R.Br.) de Koning & ...

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Mnesithea formosa ''Mnesithea'', or jointtail grass, is a genus of Asian, Australian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family. ; Species * '' Mnesithea annua'' (Lazarides) de Koning & Sosef - Western Australia * '' Mnesithea formosa'' (R.Br.) de Koning & ...

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Mnesithea laevis ''Mnesithea'', or jointtail grass, is a genus of Asian, Australian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family. ; Species * '' Mnesithea annua'' (Lazarides) de Koning & Sosef - Western Australia * ''Mnesithea formosa'' (R.Br.) de Koning & ...

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Mnesithea mollicoma ''Mnesithea'', or jointtail grass, is a genus of Asian, Australian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family. ; Species * '' Mnesithea annua'' (Lazarides) de Koning & Sosef - Western Australia * ''Mnesithea formosa'' (R.Br.) de Koning & ...

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Mnesithea pilosa ''Mnesithea'', or jointtail grass, is a genus of Asian, Australian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family. ; Species * ''Mnesithea annua'' (Lazarides) de Koning & Sosef - Western Australia * ''Mnesithea formosa'' (R.Br.) de Koning & Sos ...

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Mnesithea veldkampii ''Mnesithea'', or jointtail grass, is a genus of Asian, Australian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family. ; Species * ''Mnesithea annua'' (Lazarides) de Koning & Sosef - Western Australia * ''Mnesithea formosa'' (R.Br.) de Koning & Sos ...

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Coelorachis ''Coelorachis'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, widespread across much of Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas. ''Coelorhachis'' is treated by some sources as part of the genus '' Mnesithea'', so the following species can general ...

Hackelochloa ''Hackelochloa'' is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family. The genus was named after Eduard Hackel, an Austrian botanist, by Otto Kuntze, in 1891. Species *'' Hackelochloa granularis'' ( L.) Kuntze - sub-Saharan Africa; ...

Heteropholis ''Heteropholis'' is a genus of African and Sri Lankan plants in the grass family. ; Species * '' Heteropholis benoistii'' A.Camus - Madagascar * '' Heteropholis nigrescens'' (Thwaites) C.E.Hubb. - Sri Lanka * '' Heteropholis sulcata'' (Stapf) ...

Ophiuros ''Ophiuros'' is a genus of Asia, Australian, and East African plants in the grass family. ; species * '' Ophiuros bombaiensis'' Bor - Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra * '' Ophiuros exaltatus'' (L.) Kuntze - Indian Subcontinent, southern China, Sout ...

Ratzeburgia ''Ratzeburgia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. Species The only known species is ''Ratzeburgia pulcherrima'', found only in Myanmar.Bor, N. L. 1960. Grass. Burma, Ceylon, India & Pakistan i–767. Pergamon Press, Oxford Formerly inc ...

Rhytachne ''Rhytachne'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. They grow principally in wet savannahs in Africa and the Americas. More specifically, they tend to prefer transitional zones between marshes and drier upland savannahs. In the Americas the g ...

Rottboellia ''Rottboellia'' (commonly called itch grass) is a genus of African, Asian, and Australian plants in the grass family. The genus was named in honour of Danish botanist Christen Friis Rottbøll (1727-1797). ; Species * ''Rottboellia cochinchin ...

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Panicoideae Poaceae genera Taxa named by Carl Sigismund Kunth {{Panicoideae-stub