Rottboellia
| Itch grass | |
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| Rottboellia cochinchinensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | Andropogonodae |
| Tribe: | Andropogoneae |
| Subtribe: | Rottboelliinae |
| Genus: | L.f. 1782 not Host 1801 nor Rottboelia Scop. 1777 |
| Type species | |
| Rottboellia exaltata L.f.
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Rottboellia (commonly called itch grass)[2] is a genus of African, Asian, and Australian plants in the grass family.[3][4][5]
The genus was named in honour of Danish botanist Christen Friis Rottbøll (1727-1797).
Species
24 species are accepted.[6]
- Rottboellia afraurita Stapf – tropical Africa
- Rottboellia aurita Steud. – southeastern Mexico, Central America, northern South America, and central Brazil and Bolivia to northeastern Argentina
- Rottboellia balansae Hack. – Bolivia, west-central Brazil, Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina
- Rottboellia campestris Nutt. – central and southeastern United States
- Rottboellia cancellata Ridl. – Bangka, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam
- Rottboellia clarkei Hack. – India and Myanmar
- Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) Clayton - Africa, Asia, Australia
- Rottboellia coelorachis G.Forst. - New Caledonia, Vanuatu
- Rottboellia geminata Hack. – Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, and southeastern Borneo
- Rottboellia glandulosa Trin. – Indochina, Malesia, and New Guinea
- Rottboellia goalparensis Bor - Assam
- Rottboellia helferi Hook.f. – Indochina and Peninsular Malaysia
- Rottboellia impressa Griseb. – western Cuba
- Rottboellia laevispica Keng - Anhui, Jiangsu
- Rottboellia lepidura (Stapf) Pilg. – Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique
- Rottboellia paradoxa de Koning & Sosef - Philippines
- Rottboellia parodiana (Henrard) Burkart – Paraguay and northeastern Argentina
- Rottboellia purpurascens Robyns - tropical Africa
- Rottboellia rottboellioides (R.Br.) Druce – Philippines, New Guinea, and northern and eastern Australia
- Rottboellia rugosa Nutt. – south-central and southeastern United States from Texas to New Jersey
- Rottboellia selloana Hack. – southern Brazil, northeastern Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay
- Rottboellia striata Nees ex Steud. – central Himalayas to Indochina and south-central China
- Rottboellia tessellata Steud. – southeastern United States, from Louisiana to Florida and Georgia
- Rottboellia tuberculosa (Nash) Hitchc. – Cuba and southeastern United States (Alabama, Florida, and Georgia)
- Formerly included[1]
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.
References
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Atlas of Living Australia, itch grass, Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) Clayton
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1782. Supplementum Plantarum 13-14, 114.
- ^ Tropicos, Rottboellia L. f.
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 644 筒轴茅属 tong zhou mao shu Rottboellia Linnaeus f., Suppl. Pl. 114
- ^ "Rottboellia L.f." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 30 May 2025.