Themeda is a genus of plants in the grass family native to Asia, Africa, Australia, and Papuasia. There are about 18Barkworth, M. E. Themeda. Grass Manual. Flora of North America. to 26Potdar, G. G., et al. (2003). A new species of Themeda Forssk. (Poaceae) from India. Kew Bulletin 58(1) 243-46. species, many of which are native to Southeast Asia.Forsskål, Pehr. 1775. Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica 178 in Latin
SpeciesThe Plant List search for ThemedaAtlas of Living Australia, Themeda Forssk. Kangaroo Grass 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 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 includedKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families See Elymandra, Germainia, Hyparrhenia, Iseilema
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