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Rottboellia (commonly called itch grass)[2] is a genus of African, Asian, and Australian plants in the grass family.[3][4][5]
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.
References
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Atlas of Living Australia, itch grass, Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) Clayton
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1782. Supplementum Plantarum 13-14, 114.
- ^ Tropicos, Rottboellia L. f.
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 644 筒轴茅属 tong zhou mao shu Rottboellia Linnaeus f., Suppl. Pl. 114
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