Melinis

<i>Melinis</i>

Melinis

Genus of plants

Melinis is a genus of African and Arabian plants in the grass family.[2][3][4]

Quick Facts Melinis, Scientific classification ...

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. [1]
    Melinis P.Beauv. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  2. [2]
    Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  3. [3]
    Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 54 description in Latin, commentary in French
  4. [4]
    Tropicos, Melinis P. Beauv.
  5. [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. [6]
    Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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