{{short description|Genus of grasses}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = <!--- Ophiuros exaltatus Roxburgh 1798 2-157.jpg this botanical illustration is likely of Rottboellia exaltata L.f. syn Rottboellia cochinchinensis ---> | image_caption = Ophiuros exaltatus | display_parents = 4 | taxon = Ophiuros | authority = C.F.Gaertn. | synonyms_ref = <ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40032455 Tropicos, ''Ophiuros'' C.F. Gaertn.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=166544-3&back_page=%2Fipni%2FeditAdvPlantNameSearch.do%3Ffind_infragenus%3D%26find_geoUnit%3D%26find_includePublicationAuthors%3Dtrue%26find_addedSince%3D%26find_family%3D%26find_genus%3DOphiuros%26find_infrafamily%3D%26find_rankToReturn%3Dgen%26find_publicationTitle%3D%26find_authorAbbrev%3D%26find_infraspecies%3D%26find_includeBasionymAuthors%3Dtrue%26find_modifiedSince%3D%26find_species%3D%26output_format%3Dnormal The International Plant Names Index]</ref> | synonyms = * ''Rottboellia'' subg. ''Ophiuros'' <small>(C.F. Gaertn.) Hack.</small> * ''Ophiurus'' <small>R.Br.</small> }}
'''''Ophiuros''''' is a genus of Asia, Australian, and East African plants in the grass family.<ref>Gaertner, Carl (Karl) Friedrich von 1791. De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum 3</ref><ref>Gaertner, Carl (Karl) Friedrich von 1805. Supplementum Carpologiae: seu continuati operis Josephi Gaertner De fructibus et seminibus plantarum 1(1): 3, plate 181, figure 3</ref><ref>[http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00430.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora]</ref><ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=123007 Flora of China FOC Vol. 22 Page 647 <big>蛇尾草属</big> she wei cao shu ''Ophiuros'' C. F. Gaertner, Suppl. Carp. 3. 1805. ]</ref>
; species<ref name=s>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=426244 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Ophiuros The Plant List search for ''Ophiuros'']</ref> * ''Ophiuros bombaiensis'' <small>Bor</small> - Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra * ''Ophiuros exaltatus'' <small>(L.) Kuntze</small> - Indian subcontinent, southern China, Southeast Asia, Ryukyu Islands, New Guinea, Australia * ''Ophiuros megaphyllus'' <small>Stapf ex Haines</small> - eastern India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand * ''Ophiuros papillosus'' <small>Hochst.</small> - Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan
; formerly included<ref name=s/> see ''Coelorachis Hainardia Lepturus Mnesithea Parapholis Pholiurus Ratzeburgia Rhytachne Rottboellia Thaumastochloa'' {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| * ''Ophiuros appendiculatus - Rottboellia cochinchinensis'' * ''Ophiuros auriculatus - Ratzeburgia pulcherrima'' * ''Ophiuros cochinchinensis - Mnesithea laevis'' var. ''cochinchinensis'' * ''Ophiuros compressus - Parapholis filiformis'' * ''Ophiuros cylindricus - Hainardia cylindrica'' * ''Ophiuros erectus - Parapholis filiformis'' * ''Ophiuros filiformis - Parapholis filiformis'' * ''Ophiuros gracilis - Parapholis filiformis'' * ''Ophiuros incurvatus - Parapholis incurva'' * ''Ophiuros laevis - Mnesithea laevis'' * ''Ophiuros loricatus - Rhytachne rottboellioides'' * ''Ophiuros monostachyus - Mnesithea laevis'' var. ''cochinchinensis'' * ''Ophiuros muricatulus - Coelorachis glandulosa'' * ''Ophiuros pannonicus - Pholiurus pannonicus'' * ''Ophiuros perforatus - Mnesithea laevis'' * ''Ophiuros plicatus - Rhytachne rottboellioides'' * ''Ophiuros pollockii - Thaumastochloa pubescens'' * ''Ophiuros pubescens - Thaumastochloa pubescens'' * ''Ophiuros radicans - Lepturus radicans'' * ''Ophiuros shimadanus - Mnesithea laevis ''var.'' chenii'' * ''Ophiuros subulatus - Hainardia cylindrica'' * ''Ophiuros undatus - Mnesithea laevis ''var.'' cochinchinensis'' * ''Ophiuros undulatus - Mnesithea laevis ''var.'' cochinchinensis'' }}
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