thwaitesii - Sri Lanka (may be synonymous with O. burmannii) Oplismenus compositus - Americas, Africa, Asia, Australia, Pacific Oplismenus hirtellus - tropics, but replaced in India and Indochina by O. compositus Oplismenus undulatifolius - widespread The German botanist Ursula Scholz published a monograph in 1981, having studied the genus throughout the world and examined over five thousand specimens, including 61 type specimens. She recognized nine species and 18 infraspecific taxa. Section Scabriseta O. affinis Schult. O. affinis var. affinis O. affinis var. humboldtianus O. baronii O. burmannii O. burmannii var. burmannii O. burmannii var. lanatus O. burmannii var. multisetus O. flavicomus O. gracillimus O. humbertianus Section Oplismenus O. aemulus O. aemulus var. aemulus O. aemulus var. flaccidus O. aemulus var. densiflorus O. compositus O. compositus var. compositus O. compositus var. rariflorus O. compositus var. sylvaticus O. hirtellus O. hirtellus subsp. hirtellus O. hirtellus subsp. acuminatus O. hirtellus subsp. capensis O. hirtellus subsp. fasciculatus O. hirtellus subsp. imbecillis O. hirtellus subsp. japonicus O. hirtellus subsp. microphyllus O. hirtellus subsp. psilostachys O. hirtellus subsp. setarius O. hirtellus subsp. tsushimensis O. hirtellus subsp. undulatifolius Uses Variegated forms have been cultivated as house plants in Europe. Locally occurring species in Australia have been used for revegetation and reclamation in shady or wet areas, though some can be invasive. Some have been promoted as local native plants for wildlife gardens, and as lawn grass. They are edible to livestock. References Grasses of Africa Grasses of Asia Grasses of Oceania Grasses of North America Grasses of South America Poaceae genera Taxa named by Palisot de Beauvois