Oropetium is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family.Trinius, Carl Bernhard von. 1820. Fundamenta Agrostographiae page 98, plate 3Tropicos, Oropetium Trin.Phillips, S. M. 1975. A review of the genus Oropetium (Gramineae). Kew Bull. 30(3): 467–470
SpeciesThe Plant List search for Oropetium Oropetium aristatum (Stapf) Pilg. - tropical West Africa Oropetium capense Stapf - Arabian Peninsula, desert and near-desert regions of Africa Oropetium minimum (Hochst.) Pilg. - Arabian Peninsula, eastern + northeastern Africa Oropetium roxburghianum (Schult.) S.M.Phillips - India Oropetium thomaeum (L.f.) Trin. - eastern + northeastern Africa, Indian subcontinent, Myanmar, Vietnam Oropetium villosulum Stapf ex Bor - India
Formerly included see Tripogon Oropetium africanum - Tripogon africanus
References
External links Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora