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]

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 Xerochloa

References

  1. 1 2 3 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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