Itch grass
Rottboellia cochinchinensis
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:	Rottboellia L.f. 1782 not Host 1801 nor Rottboelia Scop. 1777
Type species
Rottboellia exaltata L.f.
Synonyms[1]
Cymbachne Retz. Robynsiochloa Jacq.-Fél. Stegosia Lour.

Rottboellia (commonly called itch grass)^[2] is a genus of African, Asian, and Australian plants in the grass family.^[3][4][5]

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

Species^[1]

• 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 included^[1]

Numerous 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.

References

External links

• Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora

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