Sehima

Sehima
Sehima nervosum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]
  • Hologamium Nees

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]
formerly included[1]

see Andropogon Andropterum Eremochloa Ischaemum Pogonachne Thelepogon Triplopogon

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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