Themeda
Themeda triandra
Scientific classification Edit this 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
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

Wikispecies has information related to Themeda.
  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. 1 2 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.


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