Rottboellia
| 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] | |
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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]
- Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) Clayton - Africa, Asia, Australia
- Rottboellia coelorachis G.Forst. - New Caledonia, Vanuatu
- Rottboellia goalparensis Bor - Assam
- Rottboellia laevispica Keng - Anhui, Jiangsu
- Rottboellia paradoxa de Koning & Sosef - Philippines
- 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 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Atlas of Living Australia, itch grass, Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) Clayton
- ↑ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1782. Supplementum Plantarum 13-14, 114.
- ↑ Tropicos, Rottboellia L. f.
- ↑ 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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