title: Melinis
text: # 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
  
  