Characteristics
Monocots
Melinis minutiflora P.Beauv.
MOLASSESGRASS
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Not Native
FISC(II)
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Citation
MELINIS MINUTIFLORA Palisot de Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 54, pl. 11(4). 1812.
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BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro, s.d., Jussieu s.n. (holotype: G).
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Melinis maitlandii
Melinis maitlandii Stapf & C. E. Hubbard, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1926: 445. 1926.
TYPE: UGANDA: Sese Is., Bufumira, s.d., Maitland 360 (holotype: K).
Melinis minutiflora forma inermis
Melinis minutiflora Palisot de Beauvois, forma inermis (Döll) Stapf & C. E. Hubbard, in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 932. 1930.
BASIONYM: Panicum melinis Trinius, var. inerme Döll 1877.
Melinis minutiflora var. glutinosa
Melinis minutiflora Palisot de Beauvois, var. glutinosa (Nees von Esenbeck) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 356. 1898.
BASIONYM: Tristegis glutinosa Nees von Esenbeck 1820.
Melinis minutiflora var. inodora
Melinis minutiflora Palisot de Beauvois, var. inodora Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 356. 1898.
Melinis minutiflora var. mutica
Melinis minutiflora Palisot de Beauvois, var. mutica Hackel, Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl., Abt. 1. 89: 126. 1884.
TYPE: MADAGASCAR: Imerina, s.d., Hildebrandt 3998 (holotype: ?; isotype: K).
Melinis minutiflora var. pilosa
Melinis minutiflora Palisot de Beauvois, var. pilosa Stapf, in Harvey, Fl. Cap. 7: 447. 1899.
TYPE: SOUTH AFRICA: Umpumulo, s.d., Buchanan 299 (holotype: K).
Melinis minutiflora var. setigera
Melinis minutiflora Palisot de Beauvois, var. setigera Clayton, Kew Bull. 21: 113. 1967.
TYPE: CAMEROUN: Buea, s.d., Maitland 102a (holotype: K).
Melinis purpurea
Melinis purpurea Stapf & C. E. Hubbard, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1926: 444. 1926.
TYPE: TANZANIA: Rungwe Mt., s.d., Stolz 1341 (holotype: K).
Melinis tenuinervis
Melinis tenuinervis Stapf, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922: 310. 1922.
BASIONYM: Melinis minutiflora Palisot de Beauvois, var. pilosa Stapf 1899.
Muhlenbergia brasiliensis
Muhlenbergia brasiliensis Steudel, Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 177. 1854.
TYPE: BRAZIL: Bahia:
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