Themeda

Themeda is a genus of plants in the grass family native to Asia, Africa, Australia, and Papuasia. There are about 18 to 26 species, many of which are native to Southeast Asia.

• Themeda anathera <small>(Nees ex Steud.) Hack.</small> - Afghanistan, Himalayas, Tibet
• Themeda arguens <small>(L.) Hack.</small> - Christmas grass - Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, northern Australia
• Themeda arundinacea <small>(Roxb.) A.Camus</small> - Indochina, southern China, Indian Subcontinent, Malaysia, Indonesia
• Themeda avenacea <small>(F. Muell.) Maiden & Betche</small> - oat kangaroo grass - Australia
• Themeda caudata <small>(Nees ex Hook. & Arn.) A.Camus</small> - Indochina, southern China, Himalayas, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines
• Themeda cymbaria <small>Hack.</small> - Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka, Kerala
• Themeda gigantea <small>(Cav.) Hack.</small> - Southeast Asia, Papuasia, New Caledonia, Vanuatu
• Themeda helferi <small>Hack.</small> - Myanmar, Andaman Islands, Yunnan
• Themeda hookeri <small>(Griseb.) A.Camus</small> - Tibet, Yunnan, eastern Himalayas
• Themeda huttonensis <small>Bor</small> - Assam
• Themeda idjensis <small>Jansen</small> - Java Timur, Bali
• Themeda intermedia <small>(Hack.) Bor</small> - Southeast Asia, China, Indian Subcontinent, Papuasia, Queensland, Vanuatu
• Themeda laxa <small>(Andersson) A.Camus</small> Indian Subcontinent
• Themeda minor <small>L.Liou</small> - Tibet
• Themeda mooneyi <small>Bor</small> - Odisha
• Themeda novoguineensis <small>(Reeder) Jansen</small> - Papua New Guinea, Lesser Sunda Islands
• Themeda palakkadensis <small>Chorghe, Prasad & Lakshminarasimhan</small> - Kerala
• Themeda pseudotremula <small>Potdar et al.</small> - Maharashtra
• Themeda quadrivalvis- grader grass <small>(L.) Kuntze</small> - 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 <small>Sreek. & V.J.Nair</small> - India
• Themeda saxicola <small>Bor</small> - Odisha
• Themeda strigosa <small>(Ham. ex Hook.f.) A.Camus</small> - India, Bangladesh
• Themeda tremula <small>(Nees ex Steud.) Hack.</small> - India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh
• Themeda triandra <small>Forssk.</small>- kangaroo grass, red grass, rooigras - Africa (from Morocco to KwaZulu-Natal), Asia (from Yemen to Japan to Maluku), Australia, New Guinea
• Themeda trichiata <small>S.L.Chen & T.D.Zhuang</small> - Guangxi, Yunnan, Hainan
• Themeda unica <small>S.L.Chen & T.D.Zhuang</small> - Anhui, Zhejiang
• Themeda villosa <small>(Poir.) A.Camus</small> - silky kangaroo grass, Lyon's grass - China, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea
• Themeda yunnanensis <small>S.L.Chen & T.D.Zhuang</small> - Yunnan

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