Mnesithea
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| Jointtail grass | |
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| Mnesithea formosa | |
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: | Mnesithea Kunth |
| Type species | |
| Mnesithea laevis (Retz.) Kunth | |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Mnesithea, or jointtail grass, is a genus of Asian, Australian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family.[3][4][5][6][7] The number of species placed in the genus varied considerably as of November 2024[update] depending in large part on how the genus Coelorachis was treated. Sources that synonymized Coelorachis with Mnesithea accepted about 26 species. Those that synonymized Coelorachis with Rottboellia accepted about seven.