title: Arthraxon
text: # Arthraxon
  
  Arthraxon, commonly known as carpetgrass, is a genus of Asian, African and Australian plants in the grass family, Poaceae, containing the following species:
  
  * 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
  
  Several species now in the genera Dimeria and Microstegium were formerly included in Arthraxon:
  
  * Arthraxon batangensis – Microstegium batangense
  * Arthraxon hohenackeri – Dimeria hohenackeri
  * Arthraxon lanceolatus and Arthraxon nodosus – Microstegium vimineum
  