Themeda is a genus of plants in the Poaceae native to Asia, Africa, Australia, and Papuasia. There are about 18[Barkworth, M. E. Themeda. Grass Manual. Flora of North America.] to 26[Potdar, G. G., et al. (2003). A new species of Themeda Forssk. (Poaceae) from India. Kew Bulletin 58(1) 243-46.] species, many of which are native to Southeast Asia.[ Forsskål, Pehr. 1775. Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica 178 in Latin]
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Themeda anathera (Nees ex Steud.) Hack. - Afghanistan, Himalayas, Tibet
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Themeda arguens (L.) Hack. - Christmas grass - Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, northern Australia
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Themeda arundinacea (Roxb.) A.Camus - Indochina, southern China, Indian Subcontinent, Malaysia, Indonesia
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Themeda avenacea (F. Muell.) Maiden & Betche - oat kangaroo grass - Australia
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Themeda caudata (Nees ex Hook. & Arn.) A.Camus - Indochina, southern China, Himalayas, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines
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Themeda cymbaria Hack. - Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka, Kerala
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Themeda gigantea (Cav.) Hack. - Southeast Asia, Papuasia, New Caledonia, Vanuatu
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Themeda helferi Hack. - Myanmar, Andaman Islands, Yunnan
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Themeda hookeri (Griseb.) A.Camus - Tibet, Yunnan, eastern Himalayas
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Themeda huttonensis Bor - Assam
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Themeda idjensis Jansen - East Java, Bali
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Themeda intermedia (Hack.) Bor - Southeast Asia, China, Indian Subcontinent, Papuasia, Queensland, Vanuatu
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Themeda laxa (Andersson) A.Camus Indian Subcontinent
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Themeda minor L.Liou - Tibet
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Themeda mooneyi Bor - Odisha
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Themeda novoguineensis (Reeder) Jansen - Papua New Guinea, Lesser Sunda Islands
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Themeda palakkadensis Chorghe, Prasad & Lakshminarasimhan - Kerala
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Themeda pseudotremula Potdar et al. - Maharashtra
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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)
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Themeda sabarimalayana Sreek. & V.J.Nair - India
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Themeda saxicola Bor - Odisha
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Themeda strigosa (Ham. ex Hook.f.) A.Camus - India, Bangladesh
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Themeda tremula (Nees ex Steud.) Hack. - India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh
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Themeda triandra Forssk.- kangaroo grass, red grass, rooigras - Africa (from Morocco to KwaZulu-Natal), Asia (from Yemen to Japan to Maluku), Australia, New Guinea
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Themeda trichiata S.L.Chen & T.D.Zhuang - Guangxi, Yunnan, Hainan
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Themeda unica S.L.Chen & T.D.Zhuang - Anhui, Zhejiang
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Themeda villosa (Poir.) A.Camus - silky kangaroo grass, Lyon's grass - China, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea
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Themeda yunnanensis S.L.Chen & T.D.Zhuang - Yunnan
- See Elymandra, Germainia, Hyparrhenia, Iseilema
