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Genus of grasses
Themeda is a genus of plants in the
grass family native to
Asia ,
Africa ,
Australia , and
Papuasia . There are about 18
[2] to 26
[3] species, many of which are native to
Southeast Asia .
[2]
[4]
Species
[1]
[5]
[6]
Themeda anathera (Nees ex Steud.) Hack. -
Afghanistan , Himalayas, Tibet
Themeda arguens (L.) Hack. - Christmas grass - Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, northern Australia
Themeda arundinacea (Roxb.) A.Camus - Indochina, southern China, Indian Subcontinent, Malaysia, Indonesia
Themeda avenacea (F. Muell.) Maiden & Betche - oat kangaroo grass -
Australia
Themeda caudata (Nees ex Hook. & Arn.) A.Camus - Indochina, southern China, Himalayas, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines
Themeda cymbaria Hack. -
Tamil Nadu ,
Sri Lanka ,
Kerala
Themeda gigantea (Cav.) Hack. - Southeast Asia, Papuasia, New Caledonia, Vanuatu
Themeda helferi Hack. -
Myanmar ,
Andaman Islands , Yunnan
Themeda hookeri (Griseb.) A.Camus - Tibet,
Yunnan , eastern Himalayas
Themeda huttonensis Bor -
Assam
Themeda idjensis Jansen -
Java Timur ,
Bali
Themeda intermedia (Hack.) Bor - Southeast Asia, China, Indian Subcontinent, Papuasia,
Queensland ,
Vanuatu
Themeda laxa (Andersson) A.Camus Indian Subcontinent
Themeda minor L.Liou - Tibet
Themeda mooneyi Bor -
Odisha
Themeda novoguineensis (Reeder) Jansen - Papua New Guinea, Lesser Sunda Islands
Themeda palakkadensis Chorghe, Prasad & Lakshminarasimhan -
Kerala
[7]
Themeda pseudotremula Potdar et al. -
Maharashtra
Themeda quadrivalvis - grader grass (L.) Kuntze - Indian Subcontinent,
Myanmar ,
Andaman Islands ; naturalized in
Socotra , South Africa, eastern Indochina, Papuasia, Queensland, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, various islands (Indian and Pacific Oceans, West Indies)
Themeda sabarimalayana Sreek. & V.J.Nair - India
Themeda saxicola Bor -
Odisha
Themeda strigosa (Ham. ex Hook.f.) A.Camus - India, Bangladesh
Themeda tremula (Nees ex Steud.) Hack. - India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh
Themeda triandra Forssk. - kangaroo grass, red grass, rooigras - Africa (from Morocco to
KwaZulu-Natal ), Asia (from
Yemen to Japan to
Maluku ), Australia, New Guinea
Themeda trichiata S.L.Chen & T.D.Zhuang -
Guangxi ,
Yunnan ,
Hainan
Themeda unica S.L.Chen & T.D.Zhuang -
Anhui ,
Zhejiang
Themeda villosa (Poir.) A.Camus - silky kangaroo grass, Lyon's grass - China, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea
Themeda yunnanensis S.L.Chen & T.D.Zhuang -
Yunnan
Formerly included
[1]
See
Elymandra ,
Germainia ,
Hyparrhenia ,
Iseilema
References