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.


 * Species
 * 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 - Kerala
 * 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 included
 * 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