Rottboellia Explained

Rottboellia (commonly called itch grass)^[1] is a genus of African, Asian, and Australian plants in the grass family.^{[2] [3] [4]}

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

Species

• 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 includedNumerous 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.

External links

• Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora

Notes and References

1. http://bie.ala.org.au/species/ROTTBOELLIA+COCHINCHINENSIS Atlas of Living Australia, itch grass, Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) Clayton
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/411046#page/28/mode/1up Linnaeus, Carl von. 1782. Supplementum Plantarum 13-14, 114.
3. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40027258 Tropicos, Rottboellia L. f.
4. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=128798 Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 644 筒轴茅属 tong zhou mao shu Rottboellia Linnaeus f., Suppl. Pl. 114