Poaceae
Themeda

Themeda arundinacea (Roxb.) A.Camus

First published in H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 7: 363 (1922)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. China to Tropical Asia. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Gilliland, H.B. (1971). A revised flora of Malaya 3: 1-319. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Singapore.
  • Kandwal, M.K. & Gupta, B.K. (2009). An update on grass flora of Uttarkhand. Indian Journal of Forestry 32: 657-668.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.
  • Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. (2007). A checklist of the vascular plants of Lao PDR: 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Noltie, H.J. (2000). Flora of Bhutan 3(2): 457-883. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Press, J.R. et al. (2000). Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal: i-x, 1-430. Natural History Museum, London.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655.
  • Veldkamp, J.F. (2016). A revision of Themeda (Gramineae) in Malesia with a new species from Laos. Blumea 61: 29-40.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • Gilliland, H.B. (1971). A revised flora of Malaya 3: 1-319. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Singapore.
  • Kandwal, M.K. & Gupta, B.K. (2009). An update on grass flora of Uttarkhand. Indian Journal of Forestry 32: 657-668.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Noltie, H.J. (2000). Flora of Bhutan 3(2): 457-883. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Press, J.R. et al. (2000). Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal: i-x, 1-430. Natural History Museum, London.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1922 Wallich, N. [8774 B] India K000245977 Type Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [11387] Thailand K000620613 Yes
Laegaard, S. [21762] Thailand K000688925 Yes
Lazarides, M. [7488] Thailand K000688921 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [14688] Thailand K000620618 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [14688] Thailand K000620620 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [14688] Thailand K000620621 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [14688] Thailand K000620617 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [14688] Thailand K000620616 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [14688] Thailand K000620619 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [11387] Thailand K000620614 Yes
Sorensen, Th.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [4731] Thailand K000688918 Yes
Marcan, A. [2586] Thailand K000620630 Yes
Marcan, A. [2586] Thailand K000620615 Yes
Smitinand, T. [2106] Thailand K000688930 Yes
Smitinand, T. [2106] Thailand K000688929 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [8121] Thailand K000620607 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [8121] Thailand K000620608 Yes
Bunpheng, D. [902] Thailand K000688926 Yes
Sukkri, B. [80] Thailand K000688920 Yes
Laegaard, S. [21675] Thailand K000688923 Yes
Laegaard, S. [21675] Thailand K000688924 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [6670] Thailand K000620606 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [6670] Thailand K000620605 Yes
Vidal, S. [3990] Philippines K000290004 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [19944] Thailand K000620609 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [19944] Thailand K000620610 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [19944] Thailand K000620611 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [20070] Thailand K000620624 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [20070] Thailand K000620623 Yes
Cuming, H. [1272] Philippines K000290003 Type Yes
Laegaard, S.; Norsangsri, M. [21615] Thailand K000688922 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [9778] Thailand K000620612 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [1439] Thailand K000620622 Yes
Sorensen, Th.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [5767] Thailand K000688919 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0