Melinis is a genus of African and Arabian plants in the grass family.[2][3][4]
| Melinis | |
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| Melinis repens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | Panicodae |
| Tribe: | Paniceae |
| Subtribe: | Melinidinae |
| Genus: | Melinis P.Beauv. (1812) |
| Type species | |
| Melinis minutiflora | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
The generic name is derived from the Greek meline meaning "millet".[5]
Species edit
23 species are currently accepted:[1]
- Melinis ambigua Hack.
- Melinis amethystea (Franch.) Zizka
- Melinis angolensis Rendle
- Melinis ascendens Mez
- Melinis biaristata (Rendle) Stapf & C.E.Hubb.
- Melinis drakensbergensis (C.E.Hubb. & Schweick.) Clayton
- Melinis effusa (Rendle) Stapf
- Melinis gossweileri C.E.Hubb.
- Melinis kallimorpha (Clayton) Zizka
- Melinis longiseta (A.Rich.) Zizka
- Melinis macrochaeta Stapf & C.E.Hubb.
- Melinis maroccana (Maire & Sam.) M.B.Crespo, M.Á.Alonso & Mart.-Azorín
- Melinis minutiflora P.Beauv.
- Melinis nerviglumis (Franch.) Zizka
- Melinis repens (Willd.) Zizka
- Melinis reynaudioides (C.E.Hubb.) Zizka
- Melinis rupicola (Rendle) Zizka
- Melinis scabrida (K.Schum.) Hack.
- Melinis subglabra Mez
- Melinis tanatricha (Rendle) Zizka
- Melinis tenuissima Stapf
- Melinis tomentosa Rendle
- Melinis welwitschii Rendle
- formerly included[6]
numerous species now regarded as better suited to Tricholaena
References edit
- ^ a b Melinis P.Beauv. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 54 description in Latin, commentary in French
- ^ Tropicos, Melinis P. Beauv.
- ^ Quattrocchi U. (2006). CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. Vol. 1. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. p. 1275. ISBN 978-0-8493-1303-5.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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