Poaceae

Themeda Forssk.

First published in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 178 (1775)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical Old World to SW. Pacific.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Djibouti, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Ghana, Guinea, Hainan, India, Inner Mongolia, 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-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Thailand, Tibet, Tunisia, Türkey, Uganda, Vanuatu, Victoria, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, 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.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

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

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 9: 415 (1919).
  • Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 178 (1775)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 178 (1775).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 178 (1775)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mokim, S. [1516] India K000911710 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thompson, T. [4] India K000245975 Type Yes
Roxburgh, W. [s.n.] India K000245976 Type Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [4] India K000911703 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [8774] Nepal K000245979 Type Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] India K000911705 Unknown Type Material Yes
Strachey, R.; Winterbottom, J.E. [s.n.] India K000911701 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] India K000911707 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [4002] Philippines K000911692 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [s.n.] Bangladesh K000911704 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wight, R. [s.n.] K000911702 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thompson, T. [4] India K000245974 Type Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K000245978 Type Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thompson, T. [s.n.] India K000911708 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8767] Anthistiria K001131589 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8764] Anthistiria K001131572 Unknown Type Material Yes
Singh, B. [Cat. no. 8764] Nepal Anthistiria K001131579 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8772] Nepal Anthistiria K001131601 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8776] Anthistiria K001131608 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8768] Anthistiria K001131593 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 8776] India Anthistiria K001131607 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8763] India Anthistiria K001131565 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8766] Anthistiria K001131586 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8763] Anthistiria K001131567 Unknown Type Material Yes
Akkul, M. [Cat. no. 8770] Burma Anthistiria K001131596 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8767] Anthistiria K001131592 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8775] Nepal Anthistiria K001131606 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8763] India Anthistiria K001131566 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8774] Nepal Anthistiria K001131604 Unknown Type Material Yes
S.coll [S.no] Pakistan Anthistiria K002446945 Yes
Akkul, M. [Cat. no. 8769] Burma Anthistiria K001131595 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8767] Anthistiria K001131591 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8764] Mauritius Anthistiria K001131573 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8764] Burma Anthistiria K001131582 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8767] Anthistiria K001131588 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8771] Anthistiria K001131598 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8764] Anthistiria K001131574 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8763] Anthistiria K001131568 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8763] Anthistiria K001131570 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8763] Anthistiria K001131569 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8771] Anthistiria K001131599 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8764] Anthistiria K001131571 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8767] India Anthistiria K001131590 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8764] Mauritius Anthistiria K001131575 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8765] Anthistiria K001131585 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8766] Anthistiria K001131587 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8764] Burma Anthistiria K001131581 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8773] Anthistiria K001131603 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8764] India Anthistiria K001131576 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8763] India Anthistiria K001131564 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8768] Anthistiria K001131594 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8772] Burma Anthistiria K001131602 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8764] India Anthistiria K001131577 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8771] India Anthistiria K001131597 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8763] Anthistiria K001131562 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 8764] Burma Anthistiria K001131583 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8772] India Anthistiria K001131600 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 8764] Burma Anthistiria K001131584 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8774] Burma Anthistiria K001131605 Unknown Type Material Yes
Singh, B. [Cat. no. 8764] Nepal Anthistiria K001131578 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8763] Anthistiria K001131563 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8764] Burma Anthistiria K001131580 Unknown Type Material Yes

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    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0