Oropetium is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family. Species 1. \n* Oropetium aristatum (Stapf) Pilg. - tropical West Africa 2. \n* Oropetium capense Stapf - Arabian Peninsula, desert and near-desert regions of Africa 3. \n* Oropetium minimum (Hochst.) Pilg. - Arabian Peninsula, eastern + northeastern Africa 4. \n* Oropetium roxburghianum (Schult.) S.M.Phillips - India 5. \n* Oropetium thomaeum (L.f.) Trin. - eastern + northeastern Africa, Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar, Vietnam 6. \n* Oropetium villosulum Stapf ex Bor - Indiaformerly included see Tripogon