Melinis

Melinis is a genus of African and Arabian plants in the grass family.^[2][3][4]

Melinis
Melinis repens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Supertribe:	Panicodae
Tribe:	Paniceae
Subtribe:	Melinidinae
Genus:	Melinis P.Beauv. (1812)
Type species
Melinis minutiflora P.Beauv.
Synonyms[1]
Mildbraediochloa Butzin (1971) Monachyron Parl. ex Hook. (1849) Rhynchelythrum Nees (1836) Suardia Schrank (1820) Tristegis Nees (1820)

The generic name is derived from the Greek meline meaning "millet".^[5]

Species

23 species are currently accepted:^[1]

• Melinis ambigua Hack.
• Melinis amethystea (Franch.) Zizka
• Melinis angolensis Rendle
• Melinis ascendens Mez
• Melinis biaristata (Rendle) Stapf & C.E.Hubb.
• Melinis drakensbergensis (C.E.Hubb. & Schweick.) Clayton
• Melinis effusa (Rendle) Stapf
• Melinis gossweileri C.E.Hubb.
• Melinis kallimorpha (Clayton) Zizka
• Melinis longiseta (A.Rich.) Zizka
• Melinis macrochaeta Stapf & C.E.Hubb.
• Melinis maroccana (Maire & Sam.) M.B.Crespo, M.Á.Alonso & Mart.-Azorín
• Melinis minutiflora P.Beauv.
• Melinis nerviglumis (Franch.) Zizka
• Melinis repens (Willd.) Zizka
• Melinis reynaudioides (C.E.Hubb.) Zizka
• Melinis rupicola (Rendle) Zizka
• Melinis scabrida (K.Schum.) Hack.
• Melinis subglabra Mez
• Melinis tanatricha (Rendle) Zizka
• Melinis tenuissima Stapf
• Melinis tomentosa Rendle
• Melinis welwitschii Rendle

formerly included^[6]

numerous species now regarded as better suited to Tricholaena