Sehima is a genus of mostly Asian and African plants in the grass family.Forsskål, Pehr. 1775. Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica 178 in LatinTropicos, Sehima Forssk.
The generic name is derived from the Arabic sæḥīm ('black'), local name of the type species in its native Yemen.
SpeciesKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 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 see Andropogon Andropterum Eremochloa Ischaemum Pogonachne Thelepogon Triplopogon
References
External links Grassbase, the World Online Grass Flora: Sehima