Contains 2 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Melinis P.Beauv.
STINKGRASS
Classification
POALES
Melinis
Citation
MELINIS Palisot de Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 54, pl. 11(4). 1812.
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TYPE: Melinis minutiflora Palisot de Beauvois
Distribution Map Present

This species have been reported in the counties highlighted.

Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Melinis minutiflora MOLASSESGRASS Not Native Y
Melinis repens ROSE NATALGRASS Not Native UPL (NWPL) Y
Identification Key
1.  Sheaths and blades densely pilose, sticky, aromatic; spikelets 1.7-2.4 mm long, glabrate, lemmas often awned; glumes and pedicels glabrous, scabridulous; lower florets without paleas
1.  Sheaths glabrate to moderately pilose, not noticeably sticky nor aromatic; spikelets 2-5.7 mm long, copiously hairy (glumes and usually pedicels), with hairs to 7 mm long, glumes or lemmas often awned; lower florets with paleas
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Monachyron Monachyron Parlatore ex Hooker, Niger Fl. 190. 1849. TYPE: Monachyron villosum Parlatore ex Hooker
Rhynchelythrum Rhynchelythrum Nees von Esenbeck, in Lindley, Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2. 378, 446. 1836. TYPE: Rhynchelythrum dregeanum Nees von Esenbeck
Suardia Suardia Schrank, Pl. Rar. Hort. Monac. 58. 1820. TYPE: Suardia picta Schrank
Tristegis Tristegis C. Nees von Esenbeck, Horae Phys. Berol. 47, t. 7. 1820. TYPE: Tristegis glutinosa C. Nees von Esenbeck