Sehima
Sehima nervosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Supertribe:	Andropogonodae
Tribe:	Andropogoneae
Genus:	Sehima Forssk.
Type species
Sehima ischaemoides Forssk.
Synonyms [1]
Hologamium Nees

Sehima is a genus of mostly Asian and African plants in the grass family. ^{[2] [3]}

The generic name is derived from the Arabic سحيم sæḥīm ('black'), local name of the type species in its native Yemen. ^[2]

Species ^[1]

• Sehima galpinii Stent - Angola, Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal, Eswatini, Mpumalanga, Limpopo
• Sehima ischaemoides Forssk. - drier parts of Asia and Africa from Cape Verde to Limpopo to India
• Sehima nervosum (Rottler) Stapf - eastern Africa from Eritrea to Mozambique; southern Asia from Yemen to southern China to Java; New Guinea to northern Australia
• Sehima notatum (Hack.) A.Camus - Uttar Pradesh
• Sehima sulcatum (Hack.) A.Camus - Myanmar, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh

formerly included ^[1]

see Andropogon Andropterum Eremochloa Ischaemum Pogonachne Thelepogon Triplopogon

References

External links

• Grassbase, the World Online Grass Flora: Sehima

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