Melinis is a genus of African and Arabian plants in the grass family.[2][3][4]

Melinis
Melinis repens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]
  • Mildbraediochloa Butzin (1971)
  • Monachyron Parl. ex Hook. (1849)
  • Rhynchelythrum Nees (1836)
  • Suardia Schrank (1820)
  • Tristegis Nees (1820)

The generic name is derived from the Greek meline meaning "millet".[5]

Species

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23 species are currently accepted:[1]

formerly included[6]

numerous species now regarded as better suited to Tricholaena

References

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  1. ^ a b Melinis P.Beauv. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  2. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  3. ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 54 description in Latin, commentary in French
  4. ^ Tropicos, Melinis P. Beauv.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families