Sehima

Sehima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Sehima
Forssk.
Type species
Sehima ischaemoides
Forssk.
Synonyms[1]

Hologamium Nees

Sehima is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family.[2][3]

The generic name is derived from the Arabic "saehim," local name of the type species in its native Yemen.[2]

Species[1]
  1. Sehima galpinii Stent - Angola, Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Mpumalanga, Limpopo
  2. Sehima ischaemoides Forssk. - drier parts of Asia and Africa from Cape Verde to Limpopo to India
  3. Sehima nervosum (Rottler) Stapf - eastern Africa from Eritrea to Mozambique; southern Asia from Yemen to southern China to Java; New Guinea
  4. Sehima notatum (Hack.) A.Camus - Uttar Pradesh
  5. Sehima sulcatum (Hack.) A.Camus - Myanmar, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh
formerly included[1]

see Andropogon Andropterum Eremochloa Ischaemum Pogonachne Thelepogon Triplopogon

References

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