Melinis
Genus of plants
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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  | |
| 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
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
