Themeda

Genus of grasses

Themeda

Themeda triandra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Monocots
Clade:  | Commelinids
Order:  | Poales
Family:  | Poaceae
Subfamily:  | Panicoideae
Supertribe:  | Andropogonodae
Tribe:  | Andropogoneae
Subtribe:  | Andropogoninae
Genus:  | Themeda
Forssk.
Type species
Themeda triandra

Forssk.

Synonyms[1]

* Androscepia Brongn.
* Anthistiria L.f.
* Aristaria Jungh.
* Heterelytron Jungh.
* Perobachne J.Presl

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

* Themeda capitata - Germainia capitata
* Themeda capitata var. thorelii - Germainia thorelii
* Themeda effusa - Hyparrhenia familiaris
* Themeda foliosa - Hyparrhenia bracteata
* Themeda gossweileri - Elymandra gossweileri
* Themeda prostrata - Iseilema prostratum

## References

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Wikispecies has information related to Themeda.

1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. ^ a b Barkworth, M. E. Themeda. Grass Manual. Flora of North America.
3. ^ Potdar, G. G., et al. (2003). A new species of Themeda Forssk. (Poaceae) from India. Kew Bulletin 58(1) 243-46.
4. ^ Forsskål, Pehr. 1775. Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica 178 in Latin
5. ^ The Plant List search for Themeda
6. ^ Atlas of Living Australia, Themeda Forssk. Kangaroo Grass
7. ^ "Themeda palakkadensis (Poaceae: Panicoideae) • A New Species from Kerala State, India". 4 July 2019.

Taxon identifiers

Themeda|

* Wikidata: Q2703335
* Wikispecies: Themeda
* APDB: 195428
* APNI: 55433
* BOLD: 204873
* CoL: 8W45S
* eFloraSA: Themeda
* EoL: 108222
* EPPO: 1THMG
* FloraBase: 21089
* FNA: 132780
* FoC: 132780
* GBIF: 2703466
* GrassBase: gen00635
* GRIN: 12061
* iNaturalist: 155853
* IPNI: 19125-1
* IRMNG: 1333026
* ITIS: 42204
* NCBI: 66042
* NZOR: aecc7b10-716c-4e5a-8eed-6a599ab06f38
* Open Tree of Life: 565338
* PLANTS: THEME
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:19125-1
* Tropicos: 40013060
* VicFlora: 7007a54d-15de-4314-9d45-5114135da8d4
* WFO: wfo-4000038151

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