Ophiuros is a genus of Asia, Australian, and East African plants in the grass family.Gaertner, Carl (Karl) Friedrich von 1791. De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum 3Gaertner, Carl (Karl) Friedrich von 1805. Supplementum Carpologiae: seu continuati operis Josephi Gaertner De fructibus et seminibus plantarum 1(1): 3, plate 181, figure 3Grassbase - The World Online Grass FloraFlora of China FOC Vol. 22 Page 647 蛇尾草属 she wei cao shu Ophiuros C. F. Gaertner, Suppl. Carp. 3. 1805.
speciesKew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesThe Plant List search for Ophiuros Ophiuros bombaiensis Bor - Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra Ophiuros exaltatus (L.) Kuntze - Indian subcontinent, southern China, Southeast Asia, Ryukyu Islands, New Guinea, Australia Ophiuros megaphyllus Stapf ex Haines - eastern India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand Ophiuros papillosus Hochst. - Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan
formerly included see Coelorachis Hainardia Lepturus Mnesithea Parapholis Pholiurus Ratzeburgia Rhytachne Rottboellia Thaumastochloa
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