Melinis

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

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

  1. 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
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