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Taxon:  Themeda triandra Forssk.



Summary
Genus:
Themeda
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Anthristiriinae
Nomen number:
36498
Place of publication:
Fl. aegypt.-arab. 178. 1775
Verified:
11/01/1985 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
3 (3  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Anthistiria australis R. Br.
Anthistiria imberbis Retz.
Themeda australis (R. Br.) Stapf
Themeda forskalii Hack.
Themeda imberbis (Retz.) T. Cooke
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Reference(s)
  1. Arechavaleta, M. et al., eds. 2005. Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres URL: http://www.azoresbioportal.angra.uac.pt/files/noticias_Check_List_Cabo_Verde.pdf
  2. Bor, N. L. 1960. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan.
  3. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
  4. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. URL: http://floranorthamerica.org/
  5. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). URL: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Themeda+triandra&quantity=1
  6. George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
  7. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
  8. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
  9. Koyama, T. 1987. Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions
  10. Lazarides, M. 1980. The tropical grasses of Southeast Asia
  11. Merrill, E. D. 1922-1926. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants.
  12. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  13. Shukla, U. 1996. Grasses of north-eastern India
  14. 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:222. URL: http://proseanet.org
  15. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  16. Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
  17. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). URL: http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
  18. Zon, A. P. M. van der. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun
  19. 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Common names
English
kangaroo grass –
red grass –
red-oat –
red-oat grass –
Afrikaans
rooigras –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaCabo Verde  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaLesotho  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaCape Province 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaFree State 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaTransvaal 
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBurkina Faso  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanHonshu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanKyushu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanShikoku 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaKorea  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey s.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaIndochina  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territory 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaSouth Australia 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaTasmania 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaVictoria 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia 
2CultivatedNorthern America United States also cult.
Native
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Cabo Verde
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Lesotho, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa [Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Transvaal]
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Yemen
  • WESTERN ASIA: Lebanon, Syria, Turkey (s.)
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Korea, Japan [Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka, Nepal
  • INDO-CHINA: Indochina, Myanmar, Thailand
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Philippines
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Tasmania, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia, Northern Territory]
Cultivated
Northern America
  • REGION: United States (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforageespecially in savanna pastures't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:222. URL: http://proseanet.org
Environmentalornamental FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. URL: http://floranorthamerica.org/
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.


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