Melinis

Melinis is a genus of African and Arabian plants in the grass family.

The generic name is derived from the Greek meline meaning "millet".

Species
23 species are currently accepted: • Melinis ambigua Hack.

• Melinis amethystea (Franch.) Zizka

• Melinis angolensis Rendle

• Melinis ascendens Mez

• Melinis biaristata (Rendle) Stapf & C.E.Hubb.

• Melinis drakensbergensis (C.E.Hubb. & Schweick.) Clayton

• Melinis effusa (Rendle) Stapf

• Melinis gossweileri C.E.Hubb.

• Melinis kallimorpha (Clayton) Zizka

• Melinis longiseta (A.Rich.) Zizka

• Melinis macrochaeta Stapf & C.E.Hubb.

• Melinis maroccana (Maire & Sam.) M.B.Crespo, M.Á.Alonso & Mart.-Azorín

• Melinis minutiflora P.Beauv.

• Melinis nerviglumis (Franch.) Zizka

• Melinis repens (Willd.) Zizka

• Melinis reynaudioides (C.E.Hubb.) Zizka

• Melinis rupicola (Rendle) Zizka

• Melinis scabrida (K.Schum.) Hack.

• Melinis subglabra Mez

• Melinis tanatricha (Rendle) Zizka

• Melinis tenuissima Stapf

• Melinis tomentosa Rendle

• Melinis welwitschii Rendle

numerous species now regarded as better suited to Tricholaena
 * formerly included