Melinis
| Melinis | |
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| Melinis repens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | Panicodae |
| Tribe: | Paniceae |
| Subtribe: | Melinidinae |
| Genus: | Melinis P.Beauv. |
| Type species | |
| Melinis minutiflora | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Melinis is a genus of African and Arabian plants in the grass family.[2][3][4]
The generic name is derived from the Greek meline meaning "millet".[5]
- Melinis ambigua
- Melinis amethystea
- Melinis angolensis
- Melinis ascendens
- Melinis biaristata
- Melinis drakensbergensis
- Melinis effusa
- Melinis gossweileri
- Melinis kallimorpha
- Melinis longiseta
- Melinis macrochaeta
- Melinis minutiflora
- Melinis nerviglumis
- Melinis repens
- Melinis reynaudioides
- Melinis rupicola
- Melinis scabrida
- Melinis subglabra
- Melinis tanatricha
- Melinis tenuissima
- Melinis tomentosa
- Melinis welwitschii
- formerly included[1]
numerous species now regarded as better suited to Tricholaena
References
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 54 description in Latin, commentary in French
- ^ Tropicos, Melinis P. Beauv.
- ^ Quattrocchi U. (2006). CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. Vol. 1. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. p. 1275. ISBN 978-0-8493-1303-5.
- ^ The Plant List search for Melinis
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