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Taxon:  Sehima nervosa (Rottler) Stapf



Summary
Genus:
Sehima
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Ischaeminae
Nomen number:
33564
Place of publication:
D. Prain, Fl. trop. Afr. 9:36. 1917 "nervosum"
Verified:
10/06/2000 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
23 (23  active, 9  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Andropogon nervosus Rottler

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ischaemum laxum R. Br.
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Reference(s)
  1. Bor, N. L. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan. 1960
  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
  3. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1972. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. Delhi. 1948-1976 9:269-270.
  4. Froman, B. & S. Persson. An illustrated guide to the grasses of Ethiopia. 1974
  5. Harden, G. J., ed. Flora of New South Wales. 1990-1993
  6. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. Flora of Ethiopia. 1989- (and Eritrea. 2000)
  7. Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
  8. Lazarides, M. The tropical grasses of Southeast Asia. 1980
  9. Matthew, K. M. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic. 1983
  10. Pullaiah, T. et al. Flora of Andhra Pradesh (India). 1997-1998
  11. Shukla, U. Grasses of north-eastern India. 1996
  12. Sreekumar, P. V. & V. J. Nair. Flora of Kerala - grasses. 1991
  13. Stanley, T. D. & E. M. Ross. Flora of south-eastern Queensland. 1983-1989
  14. Thulin, M., ed. Flora of Somalia. 1993-
  15. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
  16. Wood, J. R. I. A handbook of the flora of Yemen. 1997
Common names
English
rat-tail grass –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEritrea  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaAndhra Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaBihar 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaKarnataka 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaKerala 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMadhya Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMaharashtra 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaManipur 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaTamil Nadu 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaUttar Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaWest Bengal 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaCambodia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPapua New Guinea  
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territory 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia 
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Malawi
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Yemen
  • CHINA: China [Guangdong, Yunnan]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal], Sri Lanka
  • INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodfodder Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1972. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. Delhi. 1948-1976 9:269-270.
Animal foodforage Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1972. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. Delhi. 1948-1976 9:269-270.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=33564. Accessed 2 September 2025.


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