Hemarthria

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Jointgrasses
Hemarthria uncinata.jpg
Hemarthria uncinata
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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: Hemarthria
R.Br. [1]
Type species
Hemarthria compressa
Synonyms [3]
  • LodiculariaP.Beauv.

Hemarthria is a genus of herbaceous plants in the grass family. They occur in the tropical and subtropical Old World, especially in China and Southeast Asia, with some species in Africa, Australia, and Southern Europe. [4] They may be known generally as jointgrasses. [5] [6] [7] [8]

Species [3]
formerly included

see Coelorachis Mnesithea

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