Mnesithea Kunth. Subfamily: Panicoideae. Tribe: Andropogoneae. Subtribe: Ratzeburgiinae. supertribe: Andropogonodae. clade: "PACMAD". Jointgrass.
A genus of about 30 species, perennial and annual herbs, widespread in the tropics and subtropics of the Old and New World. Here circumscribed to include Coelorachis and Hackelochloa, based on Veldkamp, Koning, & Sosef (1986) and Soreng et al. (2015).
Ref: Allen (2003c) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003a); Soreng et al. (2015); Thieret (2003f) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003a); Veldkamp, de Koning, & Sosef (1986). Show full citations.
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