| Themeda | |
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| Themeda triandra | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
| Synonyms1 | |
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Themeda is a genus of plants in the grass family native to Asia, Africa, Australia, and Papuasia. There are about 182 to 263 species, many of which are native to Southeast Asia.24
- 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 - Kerala7
- 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 included1
- 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
References
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Barkworth, M. E. Themeda. Grass Manual. Flora of North America.
- Potdar, G. G., et al. (2003). A new species of Themeda Forssk. (Poaceae) from India. Kew Bulletin 58(1) 243-46.
- Forsskål, Pehr. 1775. Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica 178 in Latin
- The Plant List search for Themeda
- Atlas of Living Australia, Themeda Forssk. Kangaroo Grass
- "Themeda palakkadensis (Poaceae: Panicoideae) • A New Species from Kerala State, India". 4 July 2019.