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 Hack. - Afghanistan, Himalayas, Tibet
- Themeda arguens Hack. - Christmas grass - Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, northern Australia
- Themeda arundinacea A.Camus - Indochina, southern China, Indian Subcontinent, Malaysia, Indonesia
- Themeda avenacea Maiden & Betche - oat kangaroo grass - Australia
- Themeda caudata A.Camus - Indochina, southern China, Himalayas, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines
- Themeda cymbaria Hack. - Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka, Kerala
- Themeda gigantea Hack. - Southeast Asia, Papuasia, New Caledonia, Vanuatu
- Themeda helferi Hack. - Myanmar, Andaman Islands, Yunnan
- Themeda hookeri A.Camus - Tibet, Yunnan, eastern Himalayas
- Themeda huttonensis Bor - Assam
- Themeda idjensis Jansen - Java Timur, Bali
- Themeda intermedia Bor - Southeast Asia, China, Indian Subcontinent, Papuasia, Queensland, Vanuatu
- Themeda laxa A.Camus Indian Subcontinent
- Themeda minor L.Liou - Tibet
- Themeda mooneyi Bor - Odisha
- Themeda novoguineensis Jansen - Papua New Guinea, Lesser Sunda Islands
- Themeda palakkadensis Chorghe, Prasad & Lakshminarasimhan - Kerala
- Themeda pseudotremula Potdar et al. - Maharashtra
- Themeda 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 - India
- Themeda saxicola Bor - Odisha
- Themeda strigosa A.Camus - India, Bangladesh
- Themeda tremula Hack. - India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh
- Themeda triandra Forssk.- kangaroo grass, red grass, rooigras - Africa, Asia, 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 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
