Mnesithea (called Jointtail Grass) is a genus of Asian, Australian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family. Species 1. \n* Mnesithea annua (Lazarides) de Koning & Sosef - Western Australia 2. \n* Mnesithea formosa (R.Br.) de Koning & Sosef - Lesser Sunda Islands, New Guinea, Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland 3. \n* Mnesithea laevis (Retz.) Kunth - Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Taiwan, Japan incl Nansei-shotō, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; Pacific Islands 4. \n* Mnesithea mollicoma (Hance) A.Camus - Guangdong, Guangxi, Thailand, Vietnam, Palawan, Java, Malaysia, Philippines, Sulawesi 5. \n* Mnesithea pilosa B.K.Simon - Queensland 6. \n* Mnesithea × thailandica Traiperm & Boonkerd - Thailand 7. \n* Mnesithea veldka