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Jointtail grass
Mnesithea formosa
Scientific classification Edit this 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]
  • Diperium Desv.

Mnesithea, or jointtail grass, is a genus of Asian, Australian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Species [1] [7]
formerly included [1]

see Coelorachis Hackelochloa Heteropholis Ophiuros Ratzeburgia Rhytachne Rottboellia

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