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Christen Friis Rottbøll Christen Friis Rottbøll (3 March 1727, at Hørbygård, Denmark – 15 June 1797, in Copenhagen) was a Danish physician and botanist: He was a pupil of Carolus Linnaeus. Early life Rottbøll was born on the Hørbygaard estate at Holbæk, the ...

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Rottboellia cochinchinensis ''Rottboellia cochinchinensis'' is a species of Poaceae, grass known by the common names Itchgrass,Holm, L. G., Plucknett, D. L., Pancho, J. V., & Herberger, J. P. (1977). The world’s worst weeds. The World’s Worst Weeds.Smith, M. C., Reeder, ...

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Rottboellia coelorachis ''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 cochinchinen ...

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Rottboellia goalparensis ''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 cochinchinen ...

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Rottboellia laevispica ''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 cochinchinen ...

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Rottboellia paradoxa ''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 cochinchinen ...

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Rottboellia purpurascens ''Rottboellia purpurascens'' is a species of swamp grass native to tropical Western Africa and the Congo Basin The Congo Basin (french: Bassin du Congo) is the sedimentary basin of the Congo River. The Congo Basin is located in Central Africa ...

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Chasmopodium ''Chasmopodium'' is a genus of African plants in the grass family.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 genera ...

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Elionurus ''Elionurus'' is a genus of Asian, African, Australian, and Neotropical plants in the grass family. ; Species ; formerly included see ''Bothriochloa Lasiurus Loxodera Phacelurus Schizachyrium Urelytrum ''Urelytrum'' is a genus of African ...

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Eremochloa ''Eremochloa'' is a genus of Asian and Australian plants in the grass family. ; SpeciesPohl, R. W. 1994. 171. ''Eremochloa'' Buse. 6: 397. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma ...

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Glyphochloa ''Glyphochloa'' is a genus of Indian plants in the 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 t ...

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Hainardia ''Hainardia'' is a genus of coastal plants in the grass family, native to the Mediterranean Basin. The only known species is ''Hainardia cylindrica'', known by several common names, including barbgrass, one-glumed hard-grass, and thintail. It is ...

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Hemarthria ''Hemarthria'' is a genus of herbaceous plants in the grass family. They occur in the tropical and subtropical Old World, especially in China and Southeast Asia, with some species in Africa, Australia, and southern Europe.

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Henrardia ''Henrardia'' is a genus of Asian plants in the grass family. ; Species * ''Henrardia persica'' (Boiss.) C.E.Hubb. - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, Pakistan, Syria, Lebanon * ''Henrardia ...

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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) C.E. ...

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Ischaemum ''Ischaemum'' is a taxonomically one of the most formidable genera in a huge tribe Andropogoneae belonging to the grass family, widespread in tropical and semitropical regions in many countries. Many species are known commonly as murainagrass. ...

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Lasiurus ''Lasiurus'' is a genus of bats in the family Vespertilionidae. Its members are known as hairy-tailed bats or red bats. Phylogeny The following is the relationship of the three genera formerly included within ''Lasiurus'', based on an analysi ...

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Lolium ''Lolium'' is a genus of tufted grasses in the bluegrass subfamily (Pooideae). It is often called ryegrass, but this term is sometimes used to refer to grasses in other genera. They are characterized by bunch-like growth habits. ''Lolium'' i ...

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Loxodera ''Loxodera'' is a genus of African plants in the grass family.Launert, Georg Oskar Edmund. 1963. Boletim da Sociedade Broteriana, sér. 2 37: 80-82 ; Species * '' Loxodera bovonei'' (Chiov.) Launert - Zaïre, Zambia * '' Loxodera caespitosa'' ( ...

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Manisuris ''Manisuris'' is a genus of Indian plants in the grass family. The only known species is ''Manisuris myurus'', native to Tamil Nadu in southern India. Formerly included species Numerous species are now regarded as better suited in other genera, ...

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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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Muhlenbergia ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

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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 ...

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Oropetium ''Oropetium'' is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family. ; Species * '' Oropetium aristatum'' (Stapf) Pilg. - tropical West Africa * '' Oropetium capense'' Stapf - Arabian Peninsula, desert and near-desert regions of Africa * ' ...

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Parapholis ''Parapholis'' is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the grass family. Species *'' Parapholis filiformis'' (Roth) C.E.Hubb. - from Madeira to Turkey *''Parapholis gracilis'' Bor - Caucasus, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, and Israel. *''Paraph ...

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Phacelurus ''Phacelurus'' is a genus of African and Eurasian plants in the grass family. ; Species * '' Phacelurus cambogiensis'' (Balansa) Clayton - Laos, Cambodia * ''Phacelurus digitatus'' (Sm.) Griseb. - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Sy ...

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Pholiurus ''Pholiurus'' is a genus of Eurasian plants in the grass family. The only known species is ''Pholiurus pannonicus'', found in a region stretching from Austria to Kazakhstan.Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Conspectus Florae Caucasi 2: 1-466. Ed ...

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Psilurus ''Psilurus'' is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the grass family. ;Species The only known species is ''Psilurus incurvus,'' native to the Mediterranean and southwest Asia from Portugal and Morocco to Pakistan and Uzbekistan. It i ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Schizachyrium ''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words (), meaning "to split," and (), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas. In the United States ...

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Spartina ''Spartina'' is a taxon of plants in the grass family, frequently found in coastal salt marshes. Its species are commonly known as cordgrass or cord-grass, and are native to the coasts of the Atlantic Ocean in western and southern Europe, north ...

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Stenotaphrum ''Stenotaphrum'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Greek words στενός (''stenos''), meaning "narrow", and τάϕρος (''taphros''), meaning "trench." It refers to cavities in the raceme axi ...

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Xerochloa ''Xerochloa'' is a genus of Australian and Southeast Asian plants in the grass family. ; Species * '' Xerochloa barbata'' R.Br. - Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland * '' Xerochloa imberbis'' R.Br. - rice grass - Thailand, Java, W ...

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References

External links

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