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.
; SpeciesThemeda anathera Hack. - Afghanistan, Himalayas, TibetThemeda arguens Hack. - Christmas grass - Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, northern AustraliaThemeda arundinacea A.Camus - Indochina, southern China, Indian Subcontinent, Malaysia, IndonesiaThemeda avenacea Maiden & Betche - oat kangaroo grass - AustraliaThemeda caudata A.Camus - Indochina, southern China, Himalayas, Malaysia, Indonesia, PhilippinesThemeda cymbaria Hack. - Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka, KeralaThemeda gigantea Hack. - Southeast Asia, Papuasia, New Caledonia, VanuatuThemeda helferi Hack. - Myanmar, Andaman Islands, YunnanThemeda hookeri A.Camus - Tibet, Yunnan, eastern HimalayasThemeda huttonensis Bor - AssamThemeda idjensis Jansen - Java Timur, BaliThemeda intermedia Bor - Southeast Asia, China, Indian Subcontinent, Papuasia, Queensland, VanuatuThemeda laxa A.Camus Indian SubcontinentThemeda minor L.Liou - TibetThemeda mooneyi Bor - OdishaThemeda novoguineensis Jansen - Papua New Guinea, Lesser Sunda Islands Themeda palakkadensis Chorghe, Prasad & Lakshminarasimhan - KeralaThemeda pseudotremula Potdar et al. - MaharashtraThemeda quadrivalvis- grader grass Kuntze - Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar, Andaman Islands; naturalized in Socotra, South Africa, eastern Indochina, Papuasia, Queensland, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, various islands Themeda sabarimalayana Sreek. & V.J.Nair - IndiaThemeda saxicola Bor - OdishaThemeda strigosa A.Camus - India, BangladeshThemeda tremula Hack. - India, Sri Lanka, BangladeshThemeda triandra Forssk.- kangaroo grass, red grass, rooigras - Africa, Asia, Australia, New GuineaThemeda trichiata S.L.Chen & T.D.Zhuang - Guangxi, Yunnan, HainanThemeda unica S.L.Chen & T.D.Zhuang - Anhui, ZhejiangThemeda villosa A.Camus - silky kangaroo grass, Lyon's grass - China, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Philippines, Indonesia, New GuineaThemeda yunnanensis S.L.Chen & T.D.Zhuang - Yunnan
; Formerly included