Mnesithea

Jointtail grass
Mnesithea formosa
Scientific classification
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
Synonyms

(For the broad circumscription)

  • Coelorachis auct. non Brongn.
  • Hackelochloa Kuntze
  • Apogonia (Nutt.) E. Fourn.
  • Cycloteria Stapf
  • Diperium Desv.
  • Peltophorus Desv.
  • Rytilix Raf. ex Hitchc.
  • Thyridostachyum Nees

Mnesithea, or jointtail grass, is a genus of Asian, Australian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family. The number of species placed in the genus varied considerably as of November 2024 depending in large part on how the genus Coelorachis was treated. Sources that synonymized Coelorachis with Mnesithea accepted about 26 species. Those that synonymized Coelorachis with Rottboellia accepted about seven.

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