''Thuarea'' is a
genus of plants in the
grass family
Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and ...
, native to
Asia,
Africa,
Australia
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, and various islands of the
Indian and
Pacific Oceans.
[Persoon, Christiaan Hendrik. 1805. Synopsis Plantarum 1: 110]
in Latin
Species:
[The Plant List search for ''Thuarea'']
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* '' Thuarea involuta'' (G.Forst.) R.Br. ex Sm. - Madagascar, China
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, Japan
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(incl Bonin, Volcano, Ryukyu Is), Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
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, Indian Islands (Andaman Andaman may refer to:
* Andaman Islands
* Andaman Sea
* ''Andaman'' (1998 film), a Kannada-language film
* ''Andaman'' (2016 film), a Tamil-language film
* ''Andaman'' (2021 film), a Hindi-language film
See also
* Andaman and Nicobar Islands
...
, Nicobar, Laccadive
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), Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Papuasia, Queensland, Northern Territory, Melanesia, Micronesia, Hawaii.
* '' Thuarea perrieri'' A.Camus - Madagascar
References
Panicoideae
Poaceae genera
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