Arthraxon
Arthraxon, commonly known as carpetgrass,[5] is a genus of Asian, African and Australian plants in the grass family, Poaceae,[6][7] containing the following species:[4]
- Arthraxon antsirabensis – Madagascar
 - Arthraxon castratus – Hainan, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Java
 - Arthraxon cuspidatus – Ethiopia, Oman
 - Arthraxon depressus – India
 - Arthraxon echinatus – India, Nepal, Yunnan
 - Arthraxon epectinatus – China, Himalayas
 - Arthraxon hispidus – Asia, Africa, Australia, Indian Ocean islands
 - Arthraxon inermis – India
 - Arthraxon jubatus – Kerala
 - Arthraxon junnarensis – Yunnan, India, Oman
 - Arthraxon lanceolatus – eastern Africa, southern Asia
 - Arthraxon lancifolius – Africa, southern Asia
 - Arthraxon meeboldii – India
 - Arthraxon microphyllus – Himalayas, Yunnan, Thailand
 - Arthraxon multinervis – Guizhou
 - Arthraxon nudus – southern Asia
 - Arthraxon prionodes – eastern Africa, southern Asia
 - Arthraxon raizadae – India
 - Arthraxon santapaui – India, Himalayas
 - Arthraxon submuticus – Himalayas, Yunnan
 - Arthraxon typicus – Yunnan, Guangdong, Himalayas, Indochina, Java
 - Arthraxon villosus – India
 
| Arthraxon | |
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| Arthraxon hispidus | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Monocots | 
| Clade: | Commelinids | 
| Order: | Poales | 
| Family: | Poaceae | 
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae | 
| Supertribe: | Andropogonodae | 
| Tribe: | Andropogoneae | 
| Subtribe: | Arthraxoninae Benth.  | 
| Genus: | Arthraxon P.Beauv., 1812[1][2]  | 
| Type species | |
| Arthraxon ciliaris (syn of A. hispidus)  | |
| Synonyms[4] | |
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Several species now in the genera Dimeria and Microstegium were formerly included in Arthraxon:[4]
- Arthraxon batangensis – Microstegium batangense
 - Arthraxon hohenackeri – Dimeria hohenackeri
 - Arthraxon lanceolatus and Arthraxon nodosus – Microstegium vimineum
 
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References
    
- Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 111-112 description in Latin, commentary in French
 - Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XI (11), figure VI (6 a-d) line drawings of Arthraxon ciliaris; figure captions in French on caption page 9
 - Tropicos, Arthraxon P. Beauv.
 - Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
 - English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 362. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017 – via Korea Forest Service.
 - Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. (2008). "The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references". The Grass Genera of the World. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
 - Grassbase – The World Online Grass Flora
 
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