Ophiuros

Ophiuros
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:	Ophiuros C.F.Gaertn.
Synonyms [1] [2]
Rottboellia subg. Ophiuros(C.F. Gaertn.) Hack. OphiurusR.Br.

Ophiuros is a genus of Asia, Australian, and East African plants in the grass family. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

species ^{[7] [8]}

• Ophiuros bombaiensis Bor - Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra
• Ophiuros exaltatus (L.) Kuntze - Indian subcontinent, southern China, Southeast Asia, Ryukyu Islands, New Guinea, Australia
• Ophiuros megaphyllus Stapf ex Haines - eastern India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand
• Ophiuros papillosus Hochst. - Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan

formerly included ^[7]

see Coelorachis Hainardia Lepturus Mnesithea Parapholis Pholiurus Ratzeburgia Rhytachne Rottboellia Thaumastochloa

• Ophiuros appendiculatus - Rottboellia cochinchinensis
• Ophiuros auriculatus - Ratzeburgia pulcherrima
• Ophiuros cochinchinensis - Mnesithea laevis var. cochinchinensis
• Ophiuros compressus - Parapholis filiformis
• Ophiuros cylindricus - Hainardia cylindrica
• Ophiuros erectus - Parapholis filiformis
• Ophiuros filiformis - Parapholis filiformis
• Ophiuros gracilis - Parapholis filiformis
• Ophiuros incurvatus - Parapholis incurva
• Ophiuros laevis - Mnesithea laevis
• Ophiuros loricatus - Rhytachne rottboellioides
• Ophiuros monostachyus - Mnesithea laevis var. cochinchinensis
• Ophiuros muricatulus - Coelorachis glandulosa
• Ophiuros pannonicus - Pholiurus pannonicus
• Ophiuros perforatus - Mnesithea laevis
• Ophiuros plicatus - Rhytachne rottboellioides
• Ophiuros pollockii - Thaumastochloa pubescens
• Ophiuros pubescens - Thaumastochloa pubescens
• Ophiuros radicans - Lepturus radicans
• Ophiuros shimadanus - Mnesithea laevis var. chenii
• Ophiuros subulatus - Hainardia cylindrica
• Ophiuros undatus - Mnesithea laevis var. cochinchinensis
• Ophiuros undulatus - Mnesithea laevis var. cochinchinensis

References

1. Tropicos, Ophiuros C.F. Gaertn.
2. The International Plant Names Index
3. Gaertner, Carl (Karl) Friedrich von 1791. De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum 3
4. Gaertner, Carl (Karl) Friedrich von 1805. Supplementum Carpologiae: seu continuati operis Josephi Gaertner De fructibus et seminibus plantarum 1(1): 3, plate 181, figure 3
5. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
6. Flora of China FOC Vol. 22 Page 647 蛇尾草属 she wei cao shu Ophiuros C. F. Gaertner, Suppl. Carp. 3. 1805.
7. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
8. The Plant List search for Ophiuros