Mnesithea

Jointtail grass
Mnesithea formosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Supertribe:	Andropogonodae
Tribe:	Andropogoneae
Subtribe:	Rottboelliinae
Genus:	Mnesithea Kunth
Type species
Mnesithea laevis (Retz.) Kunth
Synonyms[1]
Diperium Desv.

Mnesithea, or jointtail grass, is a genus of Asian, Australian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Species^[1][7]

• Mnesithea annua (Lazarides) de Koning & Sosef - Western Australia
• Mnesithea formosa (R.Br.) de Koning & Sosef - Lesser Sunda Islands, New Guinea, Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland
• Mnesithea laevis (Retz.) Kunth - Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Taiwan, Japan incl Nansei-shotō, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; Pacific Islands
• Mnesithea mollicoma (Hance) A.Camus - Guangdong, Guangxi, Thailand, Vietnam, Palawan, Java, Malaysia, Philippines, Sulawesi
• Mnesithea pilosa B.K.Simon - Queensland
• Mnesithea × thailandica Traiperm & Boonkerd - Thailand
• Mnesithea veldkampii Potdar, S.P.Gaikwad, Salunkhe & S.R.Yadav - Maharashtra

formerly included^[1]

see Coelorachis Hackelochloa Heteropholis Ophiuros Ratzeburgia Rhytachne Rottboellia