Rottboellia (commonly called itch grass)[2] is a genus of African, Asian, and Australian plants in the grass family.[3][4][5]
| Itch grass | |
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| Rottboellia cochinchinensis | |
Scientific classification 
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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.
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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The genus was named in honour of Danish botanist Christen Friis Rottbøll (1727-1797).
- Species[1]
- Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) Clayton - Africa, Asia, Australia
- Rottboellia coelorachis G.Forst. - New Caledonia, Vanuatu
- Rottboellia goalparensis Bor - Assam
- Rottboellia laevispica Keng - Anhui, Jiangsu
- Rottboellia paradoxa de Koning & Sosef - Philippines
- Rottboellia purpurascens Robyns - tropical Africa
- 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
edit- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Atlas of Living Australia, itch grass, Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) Clayton
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1782. Supplementum Plantarum 13-14, 114.
- ^ Tropicos, Rottboellia L. f.
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 644 筒轴茅属 tong zhou mao shu Rottboellia Linnaeus f., Suppl. Pl. 114
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