Mnesithea
Mnesithea, or jointtail grass, is a genus of Asian, Australian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family.[2][3][4][5][6]
- Mnesithea annua (Lazarides) de Koning & Sosef - Western Australia
 - Mnesithea formosa (R.Br.) de Koning & Sosef - Lesser Sunda Islands, New Guinea, Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland
 - Mnesithea laevis (Retz.) Kunth - Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Taiwan, Japan incl Nansei-shotō, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; Pacific Islands
 - Mnesithea mollicoma (Hance) A.Camus - Guangdong, Guangxi, Thailand, Vietnam, Palawan, Java, Malaysia, Philippines, Sulawesi
 - Mnesithea pilosa B.K.Simon - Queensland
 - Mnesithea × thailandica Traiperm & Boonkerd - Thailand
 - Mnesithea veldkampii Potdar, S.P.Gaikwad, Salunkhe & S.R.Yadav - Maharashtra
 
- formerly included[1]
 
| Jointtail grass | |
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| Mnesithea formosa | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Monocots | 
| Clade: | Commelinids | 
| Order: | Poales | 
| Family: | Poaceae | 
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae | 
| Supertribe: | Andropogonodae | 
| Tribe: | Andropogoneae | 
| Subtribe: | Rottboelliinae | 
| Genus: | Mnesithea Kunth  | 
| Type species | |
| Mnesithea laevis (Retz.) Kunth  | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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
    
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
 - Kunth, Karl Sigismund . 1829. Révision des Graminées 1: 153-154 in Latin
 - Tropicos, Mnesithea Kunth
 - Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
 - Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 642 毛俭草属 mao jian cao shu Mnesithea Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 153. 1829.
 - Atlas of Living Australia, Mnesithea Kunth, Jointtail Grass
 - The Plant List search for Mnesithea
 
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