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Sehima
Sehima
is
a genus
of mostly
Asian
and
African
plants
in the
grass family
.
The
generic name
is derived from the
Arabic
سحيم
sæḥīm
,
local name
of the
type species
in its
native
Yemen
.
;
Species
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
Stapf
-
eastern
Africa from
Eritrea
to Mozambique; southern Asia from Yemen to
southern China
to
Java
;
New Guinea
to
northern
Australia
Sehima notatum
A.
Camus
-
Uttar Pradesh
Sehima sulcatum
A.Camus -
Myanmar
,
Tamil Nadu
,
Madhya Pradesh
; formerly included
see
Andropogon
Andropterum
Eremochloa
Ischaemum
Pogonachne
Thelepogon
Triplopogon