Hemarthria is a genus of herbaceous plants in the grass family. They occur in the tropical and subtropical Old World, especially in China and Southeast Asia, with some species in Africa, Australia, and Southern Europe.Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 640 牛鞭草属 niu bian cao shu Hemarthria R. Brown, Prodr. 207. 1810. Flora of China. They may be known generally as jointgrasses.Hemarthria. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Altervista Flora Italiana genere HemarthriaGrassbase - The World Online Grass Flora Atlas of Living Australia
Species Hemarthria altissima (Poir.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. - limpograss, African jointgrass, Batavian quick grass, halt grass - China, India, Indochina, Borneo, Madagascar, Mauritius, Middle East, Caucasus, Africa, Canary Islands, Spain, Italy, Greece; naturalized in parts of North + South America Hemarthria compressa (L.f.) R.Br. - whip grass - China, Japan, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Borneo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Comoros Hemarthria debilis Bor - Thailand Hemarthria depressa Heuvel- Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia Hemarthria hamiltoniana Steud. - India, Bangladesh Hemarthria longiflora (Hook.f.) A.Camus - China, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Borneo Hemarthria natans Stapf - eastern + south-central Africa Hemarthria pratensis (Balansa) Clayton - Thailand, Vietnam, New Guinea Hemarthria protensa Steud. - Guangdong, eastern Himalayas, southeast Asia, New Guinea Hemarthria sibirica (Gand.) Ohwi - China, Japan, Korea, Pakistan, Russia (Amur Oblast, Primorye, Khabarovsk) Hemarthria stolonifera Bor - Thailand Hemarthria uncinata R.Br. - matgrass - Western Australia
formerly included see Coelorachis Mnesithea Hemarthria perforata - Mnesithea laevis Hemarthria rugosa - Coelorachis rugosa
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