Rottboellia
Rottboellia 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.
Species
24 species are accepted.Rottboellia afraurita – tropical AfricaRottboellia aurita – southeastern Mexico, Central America, northern South America, and central Brazil and Bolivia to northeastern ArgentinaRottboellia balansae – Bolivia, west-central Brazil, Paraguay, and northeastern ArgentinaRottboellia campestris – central and southeastern United StatesRottboellia cancellata – Bangka, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, and VietnamRottboellia clarkei – India and MyanmarRottboellia cochinchinensis Clayton - Africa, Asia, AustraliaRottboellia coelorachis G.Forst. - New Caledonia, VanuatuRottboellia geminata – Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, and southeastern BorneoRottboellia glandulosa – Indochina, Malesia, and New GuineaRottboellia goalparensis Bor - AssamRottboellia helferi – Indochina and Peninsular MalaysiaRottboellia impressa – western CubaRottboellia laevispica Keng - Anhui, JiangsuRottboellia lepidura – Kenya, Tanzania, and MozambiqueRottboellia paradoxa de Koning & Sosef - PhilippinesRottboellia parodiana – Paraguay and northeastern ArgentinaRottboellia purpurascens Robyns - tropical AfricaRottboellia rottboellioides – Philippines, New Guinea, and northern and eastern AustraliaRottboellia rugosa – south-central and southeastern United States from Texas to New JerseyRottboellia selloana – southern Brazil, northeastern Argentina, Paraguay, and UruguayRottboellia striata – central Himalayas to Indochina and south-central ChinaRottboellia tessellata – southeastern United States, from Louisiana to Florida and GeorgiaRottboellia tuberculosa – Cuba and southeastern United States; 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.