Sehima
| Sehima | |
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| Sehima nervosum | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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
- Sehima beccarii - Ischaemum beccarii
- Sehima ciliare - Eremochloa ciliaris
- Sehima elegans - Thelepogon elegans
- Sehima racemosum - Pogonachne racemosa
- Sehima ramosissimum - Triplopogon ramosissimus
- Sehima spathiflorum - Triplopogon ramosissimus
- Sehima textilis - Andropogon textilis
- Sehima variegatum - Andropterum stolzii
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