Ophiuros

Ophiuros
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Andropogonodae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Subtribe: Rottboelliinae
Genus: Ophiuros
C.F.Gaertn.
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Rottboellia subg. Ophiuros (C.F. Gaertn.) Hack.
  • Ophiurus R.Br.

Ophiuros is a genus of Asia, Australian, and East African plants in the grass family.[3][4][5][6]

species[7][8]
formerly included[7]

see Coelorachis Hainardia Lepturus Mnesithea Parapholis Pholiurus Ratzeburgia Rhytachne Rottboellia Thaumastochloa

  1. ^ Tropicos, Ophiuros C.F. Gaertn.
  2. ^ The International Plant Names Index
  3. ^ Gaertner, Carl (Karl) Friedrich von 1791. De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum 3
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  6. ^ Flora of China FOC Vol. 22 Page 647 蛇尾草属 she wei cao shu Ophiuros C. F. Gaertner, Suppl. Carp. 3. 1805.
  7. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  8. ^ The Plant List search for Ophiuros