''Sehima'' is a genus of mostly Asian and African plants in the Poaceae, grass family.
[Forsskål, Pehr. 1775. Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica 178]
in LatinTropicos, ''Sehima'' Forssk.
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The generic name is derived from the Arabic language, Arabic ''sæḥīm'' ('black'), local name of the type species in its native Yemen.[
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* ''Sehima galpinii'' Stent - Angola, Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, 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[
see ''Andropogon Andropterum Eremochloa Ischaemum Pogonachne Thelepogon Triplopogon''
]
References
External links
Grassbase, the World Online Grass Flora: ''Sehima''
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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