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Mnesithea
Sign in to saveMnesithea, or jointtail grass, is a genus of Asian, Australian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family. The number of species placed in the genus varied considerably 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.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderPoales
- FamilyPoaceae
Native toAndaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 64
- With media
- 41
- Family
- Poaceae
- Collections
- NY, CAS, MICH, US, A, CSIRO
- Recorded in
- Philippines, United States, Papua New Guinea, Taiwan, Myanmar, India, China, Afghanistan
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- taxon name
- Mnesithea
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Mnesithea
- Commons category
- Mnesithea
- taxon common name
- 毛俭草属
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