Rottboellia (commonly called itch grass) is a genus of African, Asian, and Australian plants in the grass family.
The genus was named in honour of Danish botanist Christen Friis Rottbøll (1727-1797).
Species
24 species are accepted.
- Rottboellia afraurita â tropical Africa
- Rottboellia aurita â southeastern Mexico, Central America, northern South America, and central Brazil and Bolivia to northeastern Argentina
- Rottboellia balansae âÂÂàBolivia, west-central Brazil, Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina
- Rottboellia campestris âÂÂàcentral and southeastern United States
- Rottboellia cancellata âÂÂàBangka, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam
- Rottboellia clarkei âÂÂàIndia and Myanmar
- Rottboellia cochinchinensis <small>(Lour.) Clayton</small> - Africa, Asia, Australia
- Rottboellia coelorachis <small>G.Forst.</small> - New Caledonia, Vanuatu
- Rottboellia geminata âÂÂàThailand, Peninsular Malaysia, and southeastern Borneo
- Rottboellia glandulosa âÂÂàIndochina, Malesia, and New Guinea
- Rottboellia goalparensis <small>Bor</small> - Assam
- Rottboellia helferi âÂÂàIndochina and Peninsular Malaysia
- Rottboellia impressa âÂÂàwestern Cuba
- Rottboellia laevispica <small>Keng</small> - Anhui, Jiangsu
- Rottboellia lepidura âÂÂàKenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique
- Rottboellia paradoxa <small>de Koning & Sosef</small> - Philippines
- Rottboellia parodiana âÂÂàParaguay and northeastern Argentina
- Rottboellia purpurascens <small>Robyns</small> - tropical Africa
- Rottboellia rottboellioides â Philippines, New Guinea, and northern and eastern Australia
- Rottboellia rugosa âÂÂàsouth-central and southeastern United States from Texas to New Jersey
- Rottboellia selloana âÂÂàsouthern Brazil, northeastern Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay
- Rottboellia striata âÂÂàcentral Himalayas to Indochina and south-central China
- Rottboellia tessellata âÂÂàsoutheastern United States, from Louisiana to Florida and Georgia
- Rottboellia tuberculosa âÂÂàCuba and southeastern United States (Alabama, Florida, and Georgia)
Formerly included
Numerous species now considered better suited to other genera: Chasmopodium, Coelorachis, Elionurus, Eremochloa, Festuca, Glyphochloa, Hainardia, Hemarthria, Henrardia, Heteropholis, Ischaemum, Lasiurus, Lolium, Loxodera, Manisuris, Mnesithea, Muhlenbergia, Ophiuros, Oropetium, Parapholis, Phacelurus, Pholiurus, Ratzeburgia, Rhytachne, Schizachyrium, Spartina, Stenotaphrum, Thaumastochloa, Urelytrum and Xerochloa.
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