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Taxon:  Mnesithea laevis (Retz.) Kunth



Summary
Genus:
Mnesithea
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Rottboelliinae
Nomen number:
24507
Place of publication:
Révis. gramin. 1:154. 1829
Verified:
05/29/2003 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Rottboellia laevis Retz.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Rottboellia perforata Roxb.
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Reference(s)
  1. Bor, N. L. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan. 1960
  2. Lazarides, M. The tropical grasses of Southeast Asia. 1980
  3. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970-
  4. Shukla, U. Grasses of north-eastern India. 1996
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaBihar 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaJammu and Kashmir 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMadhya Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaOrissa 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaTamil Nadu 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaUttar Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaWest Bengal 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
Native
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal], Sri Lanka, Pakistan
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar, Thailand
  • MALESIA: Indonesia
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=24507. Accessed 15 April 2026.

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