''Mnesithea'', or jointtail grass, is a genus of Asian,

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n, and Pacific Island plants in the

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. ; SpeciesThe Plant List search for ''Mnesithea''
/ref> * '' Mnesithea annua'' (Lazarides) de Koning & Sosef - Western Australia * '' Mnesithea formosa'' (R.Br.) de Koning & Sosef -

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, New Guinea, Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland * '' Mnesithea laevis'' (Retz.) Kunth - Fujian, Guangdong,

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* '' Mnesithea mollicoma'' (Hance) A.Camus - Guangdong,

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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 ...

'' B.K.Simon - Queensland * ''

Mnesithea × thailandica ''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 ...

'' Traiperm & Boonkerd - Thailand * ''

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 ...

'' Potdar, S.P.Gaikwad, Salunkhe & S.R.Yadav -

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; formerly included see '' Coelorachis

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; sout ...

Heteropholis

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

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