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