Themeda

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Themeda
Themeda triandra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Genus: Themeda
Forssk.
Species

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Themeda is a genus of grasses. There are about 18[1] to 26[2] species, many of which are native to Southeast Asia.[1]

Selected species

  • Themeda anathera
  • Themeda arguens (L.) Hack. - Christmas grass
  • Themeda arundinacea
  • Themeda avenacea - oat kangaroo grass
  • Themeda caudata
  • Themeda ciliata
  • Themeda forskalii
  • Themeda frondosa
  • Themeda gigantea (Cav.) Hack.
  • Themeda imberbis
  • Themeda japonica
  • Themeda pseudotremula[2]
  • Themeda quadrivalvis (L.) Kuntze - grader grass
  • Themeda triandra Forssk. (syn. Themeda australis) - kangaroo grass, red grass, rooigras
  • Themeda villosa (Poir.) A.Camus - silky kangaroo grass, Lyon's grass
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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Barkworth, M. E. Themeda. Grass Manual. Flora of North America.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Potdar, G. G., et al. (2003). A new species of Themeda Forssk. (Poaceae) from India. Kew Bulletin 58(1) 243-46.
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