Melinis ascendens Mez Dataset GBIF Backbone Taxonomy Rank SPECIES Published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 198 (1921) Classification kingdom Plantae phylum Tracheophyta class Liliopsida order Poales family Poaceae genus Melinis species Melinis ascendens Name Synonyms Rhynchelythrum ascendens (Mez) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. Rhynchelytrum ascendens (Mez) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. Homonyms Melinis ascendens Mez