''Thaumastochloa'' is a

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Papuasia Papuasia is a Level 2 botanical region defined in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD). It lies in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in the Melanesia ecoregion of Oceania and Tropical Asia. It comprises the f ...

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grass family Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and ...

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Mnesithea ''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 & ...

var. chenii'' * ''Thaumastochloa cochinchinensis -

var. cochinchinensis'' * ''Thaumastochloa cochinchinensis f. shimadana -

var. chenii'' * ''Thaumastochloa shimadana -

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References

Andropogoneae Poaceae genera Taxa named by Charles Edward Hubbard {{Panicoideae-stub