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Rottboellia
Genus of grasses / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rottboellia (commonly called itch grass)[2] is a genus of African, Asian, and Australian plants in the grass family.[3][4][5]
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Itch grass | |
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Rottboellia cochinchinensis | |
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: | Rottboellia L.f. 1782 not Host 1801 nor Rottboelia Scop. 1777 |
Type species | |
Rottboellia exaltata L.f. | |
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The genus was named in honour of Danish botanist Christen Friis Rottbøll (1727-1797).
- Species[1]
- Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) Clayton - Africa, Asia, Australia
- Rottboellia coelorachis G.Forst. - New Caledonia, Vanuatu
- Rottboellia goalparensis Bor - Assam
- Rottboellia laevispica Keng - Anhui, Jiangsu
- Rottboellia paradoxa de Koning & Sosef - Philippines
- 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 and Xerochloa.