Rottboellia

Itch grass
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Rottboellia
L.f. 1782 not Host 1801 nor Rottboelia Scop. 1777
Type species
Rottboellia exaltata
L.f.
Synonyms[1]

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

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

Species[1]
  1. Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) Clayton - Africa, Asia, Australia
  2. Rottboellia coelorachis G.Forst. - New Caledonia, Vanuatu
  3. Rottboellia goalparensis Bor - Assam
  4. Rottboellia laevispica Keng - Anhui, Jiangsu
  5. Rottboellia paradoxa de Koning & Sosef - Philippines
  6. Rottboellia purpurascens Robyns - tropical Africa
Formerly included[1]

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

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