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: 

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

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. 

Vernacular names

English: Kangaroo Grass
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