Biology:Sehima

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Short description: Genus of grasses

Sehima
Sehima nervosum imported from iNaturalist photo 229879186 on 3 January 2024.jpg
Sehima nervosum
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Andropogonodae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Genus: Sehima
Forssk.
Type species
Sehima ischaemoides
Forssk.
Synonyms[1]
  • Hologamium Nees

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

The generic name is derived from the Arabic سحيم sæḥīm ('black'), local name of the type species in its native Yemen.[2]

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

see Andropogon Andropterum Eremochloa Ischaemum Pogonachne Thelepogon Triplopogon


References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3232143 entry