Mesosetum is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family, native to North and South America including the West Indies.[2][3]

Mesosetum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Andropogonodae
Tribe: Paspaleae
Subtribe: Arthropogoninae
Genus: Mesosetum
Steud.
Type species
Mesosetum cayennense
Synonyms[1]
  • Bifaria (Hack.) Kuntze 1898, illegitimate homonym not Tiegh. 1896 (Santalaceae)
  • Peniculus Swallen
Species[4][1]

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