Ophiuros exaltatus

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Ophiuros exaltatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Genus: Ophiuros
Species:
O. exaltatus
Binomial name
Ophiuros exaltatus
Synonyms[1]
  • Aegilops exaltata L.
  • Mnesithea exaltata (L.) Skeels
  • Ophiuros corymbosus C.F.Gaertn.
  • Ophiuros tongcalingii (Elmer) Henrard
  • Rottboellia corymbosa L.f.
  • Rottboellia exaltata (L.) Naezén
  • Rottboellia punctata Retz.
  • Rottboellia tongcalingii Elmer

Ophiuros exaltatus is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae.[2] It is native to the seasonally dry tropics of the Indian Subcontinent, southern China, Southeast Asia, some of the islands of Malesia, New Guinea, and northern Australia.[1] A tufted perennial grass reaching 0.5 to 1.5 m (20 to 60 in), since Linnaeus it has been subject to taxonomic confusion with the much more widespread and invasive grass Rottboellia exaltata L.f. (now Rottboellia cochinchinensis).[2]

References

  1. "Ophiuros exaltatus (L.) Kuntze". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 13 May 2026.
  2. Gosavi, Kumar Vinod C.; Kambale, Sharad S.; Janarthanam, Malapati K. (2019). "Taxonomic status, occurrence and lectotypification in the genus Ophiuros (Poaceae) in India". Phytotaxa. 427 (3). doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.427.3.5.