Rottboellia

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Itch grass
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
(unranked):
Commelinids
Order:
Poales
Family:
Poaceae
Genus:
Rottboellia

L.f. 1782 not Host 1801 nor Rottboelia Scop. 1777
Type species
Rottboellia exaltata
L.f.
Synonyms[1]

Rottboellia (commonly called itch grass)[2] is a genus of African, Asian, and Australian plants in the grass family.[3][4][5]

The genus was named in honour of Danish botanist Christen Friis Rottbøll (1727-1797).

Species[1]
  1. Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) Clayton - Africa, Asia, Australia
  2. Rottboellia coelorachis G.Forst. - New Caledonia, Vanuatu
  3. Rottboellia goalparensis Bor - Assam
  4. Rottboellia laevispica Keng - Anhui, Jiangsu
  5. Rottboellia paradoxa de Koning & Sosef - Philippines
  6. Rottboellia purpurascens Robyns - tropical Africa
Formerly included[1]

Numerous species now considered better suited to other genera: Chasmopodium, Coelorachis, Elionurus, Eremochloa, Glyphochloa, Hainardia, Hemarthria, Henrardia, Heteropholis, Ischaemum, Lasiurus, Lolium, Loxodera, Manisuris, Mnesithea, Muhlenbergia, Ophiuros, Oropetium, Parapholis, Phacelurus, Pholiurus, Psilurus, Ratzeburgia, Rhytachne, Schizachyrium, Spartina, Stenotaphrum, Thaumastochloa, Urelytrum and Xerochloa.

References

  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Atlas of Living Australia, itch grass, Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) Clayton
  3. ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1782. Supplementum Plantarum 13-14, 114.
  4. ^ Tropicos, Rottboellia L. f.
  5. ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 644 筒轴茅属 tong zhou mao shu Rottboellia Linnaeus f., Suppl. Pl. 114

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