Melinis
# 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

### formerly included

numerous species now regarded as better suited to Tricholaena

