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Sehima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
(unranked):
Commelinids
Order:
Poales
Family:
Poaceae
Genus:
Sehima

Type species
Sehima ischaemoides
Synonyms[1]

Hologamium Nees

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

The generic name is derived from the Arabic "saehim," local name of the type species in its native Yemen.[2]

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

see Andropogon Andropterum Eremochloa Ischaemum Pogonachne Thelepogon Triplopogon

2

References

  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ a b Forsskål, Pehr. 1775. Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica 178 in Latin
  3. ^ Tropicos, Sehima Forssk.
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