Mnesithea

Jointtail Grass
Mnesithea formosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Mnesithea Kunth
Type species
Mnesithea laevis (Retz.) Kunth
Synonyms[1]
Diperium Desv.

Mnesithea (called Jointtail Grass) is a genus of Asian, Australian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Species^[1][7]

1. Mnesithea annua (Lazarides) de Koning & Sosef - Western Australia
2. Mnesithea formosa (R.Br.) de Koning & Sosef - Lesser Sunda Islands, New Guinea, Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland
3. Mnesithea laevis (Retz.) Kunth - Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Taiwan, Japan incl Nansei-shotō, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; Pacific Islands
4. Mnesithea mollicoma (Hance) A.Camus - Guangdong, Guangxi, Thailand, Vietnam, Palawan, Java, Malaysia, Philippines, Sulawesi
5. Mnesithea pilosa B.K.Simon - Queensland
6. Mnesithea × thailandica Traiperm & Boonkerd - Thailand
7. Mnesithea veldkampii Potdar, S.P.Gaikwad, Salunkhe & S.R.Yadav - Maharashtra

formerly included^[1]

see Coelorachis Hackelochloa Heteropholis Ophiuros Ratzeburgia Rhytachne Rottboellia

• Mnesithea afraurita - Coelorachis afraurita
• Mnesithea aurita - Coelorachis aurita
• Mnesithea balansae - Coelorachis balansae
• Mnesithea benoistii - Heteropholis benoistii
• Mnesithea cancellata - Coelorachis cancellata
• Mnesithea capensis - Coelorachis capensis
• Mnesithea clarkei - Coelorachis clarkei
• Mnesithea cylindrica - Coelorachis cylindrica
• Mnesithea exaltata - Ophiuros exaltatus
• Mnesithea geminata - Coelorachis geminata
• Mnesithea glandulosa - Coelorachis glandulosa
• Mnesithea granularis - Hackelochloa granularis
• Mnesithea helferi - Coelorachis helferi
• Mnesithea impressa - Coelorachis impressa
• Mnesithea khasiana - Coelorachis khasiana
• Mnesithea laevispica - Rottboellia laevispica
• Mnesithea lepidura - Coelorachis lepidura
• Mnesithea merguensis - Coelorachis striata
• Mnesithea nigrescens - Heteropholis nigrescens
• Mnesithea parodiana - Coelorachis parodiana
• Mnesithea pulcherrima - Ratzeburgia pulcherrima
• Mnesithea ramosa - Coelorachis ramosa
• Mnesithea rottboellioides - Coelorachis rottboellioides
• Mnesithea rugosa - Coelorachis rugosa
• Mnesithea rupincola - Coelorachis helferi
• Mnesithea selloana - Coelorachis selloana
• Mnesithea striata - Coelorachis striata
• Mnesithea subgibbosa - Rhytachne subgibbosa
• Mnesithea sulcata - Heteropholis sulcata
• Mnesithea tessellata - Coelorachis tessellata
• Mnesithea tuberculosa - Coelorachis tuberculosa

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Kunth, Karl Sigismund . 1829. Révision des Graminées 1: 153-154 in Latin
3. Tropicos, Mnesithea Kunth
4. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
5. Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 642 毛俭草属 mao jian cao shu Mnesithea Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 153. 1829.
6. Atlas of Living Australia, Mnesithea Kunth, Jointtail Grass
7. The Plant List search for Mnesithea