Capillipedium (common name scented-tops)Atlas of Living Australia, Capillipedium Stapf, Scented-tops is a genus of plants in the grass family.Stapf, Otto. 1917. Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 11, 169Tropicos, Capillipedium Stapf They are native to Africa, Asia, Australia, and certain islands in the Western Pacific.Flora of Pakistan, Capillipedium StapfFlora of China Vol. 22 Page 605 细柄草属 xi bing cao shu Capillipedium Stapf in Prain, Fl. Trop. Africa. 9: 169. 1917.
Capillipedium mistryi is an exception in the genus from India in which solid instead of translucent pedicels are seen and spikelets are multispiculated, racemes comprising up to 25 spikelets. A recently described species, C. yashwantraoi, from Madhya Pradesh, India has been subsumed under the former as a new heterotypic synonym.
SpeciesKew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesThe Plant List search for Capillipedium
formerly included see Hemisorghum Capillipedium venustum - Hemisorghum venustum
See also List of Poaceae genera
References
External links Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora