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