Sehima
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | |
| Tribe: | Andropogoneae |
| Genus: | Sehima Forssk. |
| Type species | |
Forssk.
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| 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]
- Stent - Angola, Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Mpumalanga, Limpopo
- Forssk. - drier parts of Asia and Africa from Cape Verde to Limpopo to India
- (Rottler) Stapf - eastern Africa from Eritrea to Mozambique; southern Asia from Yemen to southern China to Java; New Guinea to northern Australia
- (Hack.) A.Camus - Uttar Pradesh
- (Hack.) A.Camus - Myanmar, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh
- formerly included[1]
see Andropogon Andropterum Eremochloa Ischaemum Pogonachne Thelepogon Triplopogon
- Sehima beccarii -
- Sehima ciliare -
- Sehima elegans -
- Sehima racemosum - Pogonachne racemosa
- Sehima ramosissimum - Triplopogon ramosissimus
- Sehima spathiflorum - Triplopogon ramosissimus
- Sehima textilis -
- Sehima variegatum - Andropterum stolzii
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Categories:
- Panicoideae
- Poaceae genera
- Grasses of Africa
- Grasses of Asia
- Grasses of Oceania
- Afrotropical realm flora
- Indomalayan realm flora
- Taxa named by Peter Forsskål
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