Further reading: Peninsular India, the centre of diversity of Andropogonoids?
[ Total: 32 genera, 139 species; 80 species endemic to Western Ghats & Sri Lanka, the Biodiversity ‘hotspot’]
1. Andropogon lividus Thwaites
2. Andropogon polyptychus Steud.
3. Apluda mutica L.
4. Apocopis cochinchinensis A.Camus
5. Apocopis courtallumensis (Steud.) Henr.
6. Apocopis mangalorensis (Hochst.) Henr.
7. Arthraxon castratus (Griff.) Narayanaswami
8. Arthraxon hispidus (Thunb.) Makino
9. Arthraxon lanceolatus (Roxb.) Hochst. + 2 varieties
10. Arthraxon lancifolius (Trin.) Hochst.
11. Bhidea burnsiana Bor
12. Bhidea fischeri Sreek. & B.V. Shetty
13. Bothriochloa bladhii (Retz.) T.S. Blake
14. Bothriochloa insculpta (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) A. Camus
15. Bothriochloa parameswaranii Sreek., C.P. Malathi & V.J. Nair
16. Bothriochloa pertusa (L.) A. Camus
17. Bothriochloa pseudoischaemum (Nees ex Steud.) Henrard
18. Capillipedium assimile (Steud.) A. Camus
19. Capillipedium filiculme (Hook.f.) Stapf
20. Capillipedium huegelii (Hack.) Stapf
21. Chrysopogon aciculatus (Retz.) Trin.
22. Chrysopogon asper (Heyne ex Hook.f.) Blatt. & McCann.
23. Chrysopogon fulvus (Spreng.) Chiov.
24. Chrysopogon hackelii (Hook.f.) C.E.C. Fisch.
25. Chrysopogon nodulibarbis (Steud.) Henrard
26. Chrysopogon orientalis (Desv.) A.Camus
27. Chrysopogon purushothamanii Ravi, N. Mohanan & Kiran Raj
28. Chrysopogon tadulingamii Sreek., V.J. Nair & N.C. Nair
29. Chrysopogon velutinus (Hook. f.) Bor
30. Chrysopogon verticillatus (Roxb.) Trin. ex Steud.
31. Chrysopogon zizanioides (L.) Roberty ~ Vetiver grass
32. Cleistachne sorghoides Benth.
33. Cymbopogon caesius (Nees ex Hook.f. & Arn.) Stapf
34. Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf
35. Cymbopogon flexuosus (Nees ex Steud.) Wats.
36. Cymbopogon martinii (Roxb.) Wats. (2 varities)
37. Cymbopogon nardus (L.) Rendle
38. Cymbopogon travancorensis Bor
39. Dichanthium annulatum (Forssk.) Stapf
40. Dichanthium caricosum (L.) A.Camus
41. Dichanthium foulkesii (Hook.f.) Jain & Desh Pande
42. Dichanthium oliganthum (Hochst. ex Steud.) Cope
43. Dimeria agasthyamalayana Kiran Raj & Ravi
44. Dimeria aristata Hack.
45. Dimeria balakrishnaniana Ravikumar et al.
46. Dimeria bialata C. E. C. Fisch. (2 varities)
47. Dimeria connivens Hack.
48. Dimeria copeana Sreek. et al.
49. Dimeria copei Ravi
50. Dimeria deccanensis Bor
51. Dimeria fischeri Bor
52. Dimeria fuscescens Trin.
53. Dimeria hohenackeri Hochst. ex Miq. (2 varities)
54. Dimeria jainii Sreek. et al.
55. Dimeria josephii Ravi & Mohanan
56. Dimeria kanjirapallilana K. C. Jacob
57. Dimeria kurumthotticalana K. C. Jacob (2 varities)
58. Dimeria lawsonii (Hook. f.) C. E. C. Fisch.
59. Dimeria mooneyi Raiz ex Mooney (2 varities)
60. Dimeria namboodiriana Ravi & Mohanan
61. Dimeria ornithopoda Trin. (3 varities)
62. Dimeria raizadae V. J. Nair et al.
63. Dimeria ravii (in press)
64. Dimeria thwaitesii Hack.
65. Eulalia phaeothrix (Hack.) O. Ktze.
66. Eulalia thwaitesii (Hack.) O.Ktze.
67. Eulalia trispicata (Schult.) Henrard
68. Glyphochloa acuminata (Hack.) W.D. Clayton
69. Glyphochloa divergens (Hack.) W.D. Clayton
70. Glyphochloa forficulata (C.E.C. Fisch.) W. D. Clayton
71. Hackelochloa granularis (L.) O. Ktze.
72. Helictotrichon virescens (Nees ex Steud.) Henrard
73. Heteropogon contortus (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.
74. Imperata cylindrica (L.) Raeusch.
76. Ischaemum agastyamalayanum Sreek., M.K. Janarth.
77. Ischaemum barbatum Retz.
78. Ischaemum calicutensis Sreek., V.J. Nair & N.C. Nair
79. Ischaemum cannanorensis Sreek., V.J. Nair & N.C. Nair
80. Ischaemum commutatum Hack.
81. Ischaemum copeanum Sreek., V.J. Nair & N.C. Nair
82. Ischaemum elimalayanum Sreek., V.J. Nair & N.C. Nair
84. Ischaemum glabriglaucum Sunil
85. Ischaemum impressum Hack.
86. Ischaemum indicum (Houtt.) Merr. (5 varities)
87. Ischaemum jayachandranii R. Ansari, V.S. Ramach. & Sreek.
88. Ischaemum kumarakoidensis Ravi, N. Mohanan & Kiran Raj
89. Ischaemum lanatum Ravi, N. Mohanan & Shaju
90. Ischaemum malabaricum Sreek., V.J. Nair & N.C. Nair
91. Ischaemum mangaluricum (Hack.) Stapf ex C.E.C. Fisch.
92. Ischaemum molle Hook.f.
93. Ischaemum muticum L.
94. Ischaemum nairii V.J. Nair & Sreek.
95. Ischaemum nilagiricum Hack.
96. Ischaemum pappinisseriensis Ravi, N. Mohanan & Rajesh
97. Ischaemum pushpangadanii Ravi, N. Mohanan, Kiran Raj
98. Ischaemum quilonensis Ravi & Shaju
99. Ischaemum rangacharianum C.E.C. Fisch.
100. Ischaemum raui Sreek., V.J. Nair & N.C. Nair
101. Ischaemum rugosum Salisb.
102. Ischaemum semisagittatum Roxb.
103. Ischaemum tadulingamii N.C. Nair & Sreek.
104. Ischaemum thomsonianum Stapf ex C.E.C. Fisch.
105. Ischaemum timorense Kunth
106. Ischaemum travancorense Stapf ex C.E.C. Fisch.
107. Ischaemum tumidum Stapf ex Bor
108. Ischaemum vembanadense Patil & D'Cruz
109. Ischaemum wayanadense Ravi, N. Mohanan & Shaju
110. Ischaemum zeylanicolum (Hack.) Bor
111. Iseilema anthephoroides Hack.
112. Iseilema laxum Hack.
113. Microstegium ciliatum (Trin.) A. Camus
114. Microstegium nudum (Trin.) A.Camus
115. Mnesithea laevis (Retz.) Kunth
116. Pogonatherum crinitum (Thunb.) Kunth
117. Pogonatherum paniceum (Lam.) Hack.
118. Pseudanthistiria burmanica Hook.f.
119. Pseudanthistiria heteroclita (Roxb.) Hook.f.
120. Pseudanthistiria hispida Hook.f.
121. Pseudanthistiria umbellata (Hack.) Hook. f.
122. Pseudosorghum fasciculare (Roxb.) A. Camus
123. Nanooravia keralae (Almeida) Kiran Raj & Sivad. (pdf)
124. Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) W. D. Clayton
125. Saccharum arundinaceum Retz.
126. Saccharum officinarum L.
127. Saccharum spontaneum L.
128. Schizachyrium brevifolium (Sw.) Nees ex Buese
129. Schizachyrium exile (Hochst.) Stapf
130. Sehima nervosum (Rottl.) Stapf
131. Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench
132. Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.
133. Sorghum nitidum (Vahl) Pers.
134. Spodiopogon rhizophorus (Steud.) Pilger
135. Themeda cymbaria (Roxb.) Hack.
136. Themeda quadrivalis (L.) O. Ktze.
137. Themeda sabarimalayana Sreek. & V.J. Nair
138. Themeda tremula (Nees ex Steud.) Hack.
139. Themeda triandra Forssk.
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Reference should be cited as:
Kiranraj, M. S. (2010 onwards): Checklist of Grass species of Kerala – I : Tribe Andropogoneae. In: GRASSNEWS on-line. http://grassnest.blogspot.com
