Ophiuros Explained

Ophiuros is a genus of Asia, Australian, and East African plants in the grass family.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

species^{[5] [6]}

• 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^[5] see Coelorachis Hainardia Lepturus Mnesithea Parapholis Pholiurus Ratzeburgia Rhytachne Rottboellia Thaumastochloa

Notes and References

1. Gaertner, Carl (Karl) Friedrich von 1791. De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum 3
2. 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
3. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00430.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
4. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=123007 Flora of China FOC Vol. 22 Page 647 蛇尾草属 she wei cao shu Ophiuros C. F. Gaertner, Suppl. Carp. 3. 1805.
5. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=426244 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
6. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Ophiuros The Plant List search for Ophiuros