{{Short description|Genus of grasses}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Arthraxon hispidus kobunags01.jpg |image_caption = ''Arthraxon hispidus'' |display_parents = 4 |parent_authority = Benth. |taxon = Arthraxon |authority = P.Beauv., 1812<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394190#page/195/mode/1up Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 111-112] description in Latin, commentary in French</ref><ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394190#page/296/mode/1up Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XI (11), figure VI (6 a-d)] line drawings of ''Arthraxon ciliaris''; [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394190#page/275/mode/1up figure captions in French on caption page 9]</ref> |type_species_authority = P.Beauv.<ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40020097 Tropicos, ''Arthraxon'' P. Beauv.]</ref> |type_species = ''Arthraxon ciliaris''<br>(syn of ''A. hispidus)'' |synonyms_ref = <ref name=a>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=451085 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref> |synonyms = * ''Pleuroplitis'' <small>Trin.</small> * ''Lucaea'' <small>Kunth</small> * ''Batratherum'' <small>Nees</small> * ''Lasiolytrum'' <small>Steud.</small> * ''Alectoridia'' <small>A.Rich.</small> * ''Barthantherum'' <small>Andersson</small> }}
'''''Arthraxon''''', commonly known as '''carpetgrass''',<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf |title=English Names for Korean Native Plants |publisher=Korea National Arboretum |year=2015 |isbn=978-89-97450-98-5 |location=Pocheon |pages=362 |access-date=25 January 2017 |via=Korea Forest Service |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525105020/http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf |archive-date=25 May 2017 }}</ref> is a genus of Asian, African and Australian plants in the grass family, Poaceae,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://delta-intkey.com/grass/www/arthraxo.htm |title=The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references |access-date=2009-08-19 |author=Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. |date=2008 |work=The Grass Genera of the World }}</ref><ref>[http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00059.htm Grassbase – The World Online Grass Flora]</ref> containing the following species:<ref name=a/> {{div col|colwidth=24em}} * ''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 {{div col end}}
Several species now in the genera ''Dimeria'' and ''Microstegium'' were formerly included in ''Arthraxon'':<ref name=a/> * ''Arthraxon batangensis'' – ''Microstegium batangense'' * ''Arthraxon hohenackeri'' – ''Dimeria hohenackeri'' * ''Arthraxon lanceolatus'' and ''Arthraxon nodosus'' – ''Microstegium vimineum''
==See also== * List of Poaceae genera
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Andropogoneae Category:Poaceae genera Category:Grasses of Africa Category:Grasses of Asia Category:Taxa named by Palisot de Beauvois
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