Rottboellia

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Itch grass
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Rottboellia cochinchinensis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Andropogonodae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Subtribe: Rottboelliinae
Genus: Rottboellia
L.f. 1782 not Host 1801 nor Rottboelia Scop. 1777
Type species
Rottboellia exaltata
L.f.
Synonyms [1]
  • CymbachneRetz.
  • RobynsiochloaJacq.-Fél.
  • StegosiaLour.

Rottboellia (commonly called itch grass) [2] is a genus of African, Asian, and Australian plants in the grass family. [3] [4] [5]

Contents

The genus was named in honour of Danish botanist Christen Friis Rottbøll (1727-1797).

Species

24 species are accepted. [6]


Formerly included [1]

Numerous species now considered better suited to other genera: Chasmopodium , Coelorachis , Elionurus , Eremochloa , Festuca , Glyphochloa , Hainardia , Hemarthria , Henrardia , Heteropholis , Ischaemum , Lasiurus , Lolium , Loxodera , Manisuris , Mnesithea , Muhlenbergia , Ophiuros , Oropetium , Parapholis , Phacelurus , Pholiurus , Ratzeburgia , Rhytachne , Schizachyrium , Spartina , Stenotaphrum , Thaumastochloa , Urelytrum and Xerochloa .

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Atlas of Living Australia, itch grass, Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) Clayton
  3. Linnaeus, Carl von. 1782. Supplementum Plantarum 13-14, 114.
  4. Tropicos, Rottboellia L. f.
  5. Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 644 筒轴茅属 tong zhou mao shu Rottboellia Linnaeus f., Suppl. Pl. 114
  6. "Rottboellia L.f." Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 30 May 2025.