Themeda

Themeda triandra

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Andropogoneae
Subtribus: Anthistiriinae
Genus: Themeda
Species: T. anathera – T. arguens – T. arundinacea – T. avenacea – T. caudata – T. cymbaria – T. gigantea – T. helferi – T. hookeri – T. huttonensis – T. idjenensis – T. intermedia – T. laxa – T. minor – T. mooneyi – T. novoguineensis – T. odishae – T. palakkadensis – T. polycephala – T. pseudotremula – T. quadrivalvis – T. sabarimalayana – T. saxicola – T. strigosa – T. tremula – T. triandra – T. trichiata – T. villosa – T. yunnanensis

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Themeda in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 26. Reference page.

Name

Themeda Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 178. (1775)

• Type species: Themeda triandra Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 178. (1775)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Anthistiria L.f., Nov. Gram. Gen.: 35 (1779)
  • Perobachne J.Presl in C.B.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 348 (1830)
  • Androscepia Brongn. in L.I.Duperrey, Voy. Monde, Phan.: 77 (1831)
  • Aristaria Jungh., Tijdschr. Natuurl. Gesch. Physiol. 7: 296 (1840)
  • Heterelytron Jungh., Tijdschr. Natuurl. Gesch. Physiol. 7: 294 (1840)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical & Subtropical Old World Afghanistan, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Djibouti, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Ghana, Guinea, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Australia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Thailand, Tibet, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Vanuatu, Victoria, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Brazil South, California, Comoros, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Florida, France, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Iraq, Jamaica, Kansas, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Maryland, Mauritius, Mexico Central, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Oman, Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Réunion, Seychelles, Virginia, Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Forsskål, P. (†). 1775. Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica. Sive descriptiones plantarum, quas per Aegyptum inferiorem et Arabiam felicem detexit, illustravit Petrus Forskål. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Ex officina Mölleri, Hauniae [Copenhagen]. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.41 BHL Reference page. : BHLpage|6048291|178}}

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2011. World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Themeda in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 2. Reference page. 
• Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Themeda. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 2.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Themeda. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 Dec. 2013.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Themeda. Published online. Accessed: 2 Dec. 2013.

Vernacular names

English: Kangaroo Grass

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