Hemarthria Explained
Hemarthria is a genus of herbaceous plants in the grass family. They occur in the tropical and subtropical Old World, especially in China and Southeast Asia, with some species in Africa, Australia, and Southern Europe.[1] They may be known generally as jointgrasses.[2] [3] [4] [5]
- Species
- Hemarthria altissima (Poir.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. - limpograss, African jointgrass, Batavian quick grass, halt grass - China, India, Indochina, Borneo, Madagascar, Mauritius, Middle East, Caucasus, Africa, Canary Islands, Spain, Italy, Greece; naturalized in parts of North + South America
- Hemarthria compressa (L.f.) R.Br. - whip grass - China, Japan, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Borneo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Comoros
- Hemarthria debilis Bor - Thailand
- Hemarthria depressa Heuvel- Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia
- Hemarthria hamiltoniana Steud. - India, Bangladesh
- Hemarthria longiflora (Hook.f.) A.Camus - China, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Borneo
- Hemarthria natans Stapf - eastern + south-central Africa
- Hemarthria pratensis (Balansa) Clayton - Thailand, Vietnam, New Guinea
- Hemarthria protensa Steud. - Guangdong, eastern Himalayas, southeast Asia, New Guinea
- Hemarthria sibirica (Gand.) Ohwi - China, Japan, Korea, Pakistan, Russia (Amur Oblast, Primorye, Khabarovsk)
- Hemarthria stolonifera Bor - Thailand
- Hemarthria uncinata R.Br. - matgrass - Western Australia
- formerly includedsee Coelorachis Mnesithea
- Hemarthria perforata - Mnesithea laevis
- Hemarthria rugosa - Coelorachis rugosa
References
Notes and References
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=114977 Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 640 牛鞭草属 niu bian cao shu Hemarthria R. Brown, Prodr. 207. 1810.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=41759 Hemarthria.
- http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/floraspecie.php?genere=Hemarthria Altervista Flora Italiana genere Hemarthria
- http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00278.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:417001#tab_classification Atlas of Living Australia
