Grasses and sedges of the Deccan Peninsula
577 grasses and sedges on the India list have a GBIF record placed in the Deccan Peninsula, 2 of them threatened (1 Endangered and 1 Vulnerable) and 40 endemic to India.
A species is in a region when a GBIF record of it is placed there (the biogeographic zones of the Wildlife Institute of India). Threatened: IUCN Red List Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable. List of the week of 2026-11-09.
Threatened grasses and sedges of the Deccan Peninsula (2)
Grasses and sedges of the Deccan Peninsula endemic to India (40)
- Agropyron thomsonii
- Agrostis peninsularis
- Arundinella mesophylla
- Arundinella metzii
- Arundinella tuberculata
- Arundinella vaginata
- Bambusa pallida
- Capillipedium mistryi
- Cephalostachyum latifolium
- Chrysopogon densipaniculatus
- Chrysopogon verticillatus
- Cymbopogon flexuosus Cochin grass
- Eleocharis khandwaensis
- Eleocharis wadoodii DD
- Eulalia villosa Golden Velvet Grass
- Eulaliopsis binata sabaigrass
- Fimbristylis albicans
- Fimbristylis kingii
- Fuirena cuspidata
- Fuirena trilobites
- Garnotia elata
- Glyphochloa forficulata
- Hubbardia heptaneuron VU
- Isachne angladei
- Ischaemum diplopogon
- Ischaemum tumidum
- Iseilema anthephoroides
- Lophopogon tridentatus
- Oropetium roxburghianum
- Oropetium villosulum
- Panicum fischeri
- Parahyparrhenia bellariensis
- Pogonatherum paniceum
- Pseudodanthonia himalaica
- Schizostachyum beddomei
- Silentvalleya chandwadensis
- Spodiopogon rhizophorus
- Triplopogon ramosissimus
- Tripogon lisboae
- Tripogon wightii
All grasses and sedges of the Deccan Peninsula on the list (577)
- Abildgaardia ovata Flatspike Sedge
- Abildgaardia triflora
- Acrachne racemosa goosegrass
- Aeluropus lagopoides rabbit foot aeluropus
- Agropyron thomsonii
- Agrostis griffithiana
- Agrostis micrantha
- Agrostis peninsularis
- Alloteropsis cimicina Bugseed Grass
- Andropogon lividus
- Andropogon pumilus
- Anthoxanthum hookeri
- Anthoxanthum laxum
- Apluda mutica Glutene-rice Grass
- Apocopis courtallumensis
- Apocopis mangalorensis
- Apocopis paleaceus
- Aristida adscensionis sixweeks three-awn
- Aristida congesta Tassle Three-awn
- Aristida cyanantha
- Aristida funiculata
- Aristida hystricula
- Aristida hystrix
- Aristida redacta
- Aristida setacea
- Aristida spiciformis Bottlebrush Threeawn
- Arthraxon hispidus small carpetgrass
- Arthraxon inermis
- Arthraxon lanceolatus
- Arthraxon lancifolius
- Arthraxon nudus
- Arthraxon prionodes
- Arundinella bengalensis
- Arundinella ciliata
- Arundinella fuscata
- Arundinella mesophylla
- Arundinella metzii
- Arundinella pumila
- Arundinella purpurea
- Arundinella setosa
- Arundinella tuberculata
- Arundinella vaginata
- Arundo donax giant reed
- Avena sativa Common Oat
- Axonopus compressus broadleaf carpetgrass
- Bambusa balcooa Female Bamboo
- Bambusa bambos Indian Thorny Bamboo
- Bambusa dolichoclada Long-branch Bambusa
- Bambusa multiplex hedge bamboo
- Bambusa nutans
- Bambusa pallida
- Bambusa polymorpha Burmese bamboo
- Bambusa spinosa
- Bambusa tulda Indian timber bamboo
- Bambusa vulgaris common bamboo
- Bolboschoenus maritimus sea clubrush
- Bothriochloa insculpta Pinhole Grass
- Bothriochloa ischaemum King Ranch bluestem
- Bothriochloa kuntzeana
- Bothriochloa pertusa pitted bluestem
- Brachypodium sylvaticum Slender False Brome
- Bromus grandis tall brome
- Bromus himalaicus
- Bulbostylis barbata Watergrass
- Bulbostylis densa
- Bulbostylis thouarsii
- Calamagrostis arundinacea rough reedgrass
- Calamagrostis scabrescens
- Campeiostachys himalayana
- Capillipedium assimile
- Capillipedium filiculme
- Capillipedium huegelii
- Capillipedium mistryi
- Carex acutiformis lesser pond sedge
- Carex alta
- Carex baccans Crimson Seeded Sedge
- Carex brunnea greater brown sedge
- Carex composita
- Carex cruciata Cross Sedge
- Carex curticeps
- Carex deasyi
- Carex esenbeckii
- Carex filicina
- Carex finitima
- Carex indica
- Carex interrupta green-fruited sedge
- Carex intumescens bladder sedge
- Carex kokanica
- Carex lachenalii Hare's-foot Sedge
- Carex ligulata ligulate sedge
- Carex lindleyana
- Carex marina Sea Sedge
- Carex myosurus
- Carex parallela parallel sedge
- Carex phacota Lakeshore sedge
- Carex pseudolaxa
- Carex rupestris Rock Sedge
- Carex saxatilis russet sedge
- Carex speciosa
- Carex teinogyna
- Carex unciniiformis
- Carex ursina Bear Sedge
- Carex walkeri NT
- Cenchrus alopecuroides
- Cenchrus americanus
- Cenchrus biflorus Indian sandbur
- Cenchrus ciliaris buffelgrass
- Cenchrus clandestinus Kikuyu Grass
- Cenchrus cupreus
- Cenchrus flaccidus
- Cenchrus hohenackeri
- Cenchrus orientalis
- Cenchrus pedicellatus
- Cenchrus pennisetiformis
- Cenchrus purpureus napier grass
- Cenchrus setaceus Fountain Grass
- Cenchrus setigerus birdwood grass
- Cenchrus setosus
- Centotheca lappacea
- Cephalostachyum latifolium
- Cephalostachyum pallidum
- Chloris barbata Finger Grass
- Chloris virgata feather finger grass
- Chrysopogon aciculatus Wild Oat Grass
- Chrysopogon densipaniculatus
- Chrysopogon fulvus Reddish-Yellow Beardgrass
- Chrysopogon gryllus Scented Grass
- Chrysopogon lawsonii
- Chrysopogon nodulibarbis
- Chrysopogon orientalis
- Chrysopogon polyphyllus
- Chrysopogon serrulatus Golden Beard Grass
- Chrysopogon verticillatus
- Chrysopogon zizanioides Vetiver
- Coelachne pulchella
- Coelachyrum brevifolium
- Coelachyrum lagopoides
- Coix lacryma-jobi Job's Tears
- Cymbopogon caesius Broad-leaved Turpentine Grass
- Cymbopogon citratus Lemon Grass
- Cymbopogon coloratus
- Cymbopogon flexuosus Cochin grass
- Cymbopogon iwarancusa
- Cymbopogon jwarancusa Iwarancusa grass
- Cymbopogon martini rosha grass
- Cymbopogon nardus citronella grass
- Cymbopogon pendulus
- Cymbopogon polyneuros
- Cymbopogon schoenanthus Fever grass
- Cynodon barberi
- Cynodon dactylon Bermuda grass
- Cynodon radiatus
- Cyperus albescens
- Cyperus alopecuroides foxtail flatsedge
- Cyperus alternifolius Umbrella Papyrus
- Cyperus alulatus
- Cyperus arenarius
- Cyperus articulatus Jointed Flatsedge
- Cyperus brevifolius Shortleaf Spikesedge
- Cyperus bulbosus
- Cyperus capitatus Capitate Galingale
- Cyperus castaneus
- Cyperus ceylanicus
- Cyperus clarkei
- Cyperus compressus Poorland Flatsedge
- Cyperus corymbosus
- Cyperus cyperinus Old World flatsedge
- Cyperus cyperoides Pacific island flatsedge
- Cyperus difformis Variable Flatsedge
- Cyperus diffusus Dwarf Umbrella Grass
- Cyperus digitatus Finger Flatsedge
- Cyperus distans Slender cyperus
- Cyperus dives Fig Sedge
- Cyperus dubius soft sedge
- Cyperus eragrostis tall flatsedge
- Cyperus esculentus yellow nutsedge
- Cyperus exaltatus Giant Sedge
- Cyperus flavidus yellow flatsedge
- Cyperus fuscus Brown Flatsedge
- Cyperus haspan Haspan Flatsedge
- Cyperus imbricatus Imbricate Galingale
- Cyperus iria Rice flat-sedge
- Cyperus isolepis
- Cyperus kernii
- Cyperus laevigatus Smooth Flatsedge
- Cyperus maderaspatanus
- Cyperus malaccensis
- Cyperus manimae smoothstem flatsedge
- Cyperus melanospermus
- Cyperus metzii Asian Spikesedge
- Cyperus michelianus
- Cyperus microiria Asian Flatsedge
- Cyperus mindorensis whitehead spikesedge
- Cyperus mollipes
- Cyperus neochinensis
- Cyperus niveus snow white sedge
- Cyperus nutans
- Cyperus odoratus Fragrant flatsedge
- Cyperus ohwii
- Cyperus pachyrhizus
- Cyperus pangorei
- Cyperus paniceus
- Cyperus papyrus Papyrus sedge
- Cyperus pilosus fuzzy flatsedge
- Cyperus polystachyos Bunchy flat-sedge
- Cyperus prolifer Dwarf Papyrus
- Cyperus pseudokyllingioides
- Cyperus pulchellus
- Cyperus pumilus Annual Flat-sedge
- Cyperus puncticulatus
- Cyperus reflexus Bentawn Flatsedge
- Cyperus retrorsus Pinebarren Flatsedge
- Cyperus rotundus Purple nutsedge
- Cyperus rubicundus
- Cyperus sanguinolentus purpleglume flatsedge
- Cyperus sesquiflorus Fragrant Spikesedge
- Cyperus squarrosus Bearded Flatsedge
- Cyperus sulcinux
- Cyperus tenuispica
- Cyperus tuberosus North Coast Purple Nutsedge
- Cyrtococcum oxyphyllum
- Cyrtococcum patens
- Cyrtococcum trigonum
- Dactylis glomerata orchard grass
- Dactyloctenium aegyptium Durban Crowfoot
- Dactyloctenium australe Durban grass
- Dendrocalamus asper Dragon bamboo
- Dendrocalamus brandisii
- Dendrocalamus giganteus Giant Bamboo
- Dendrocalamus hamiltonii
- Dendrocalamus longispathus
- Dendrocalamus membranaceus waya bamboo
- Dendrocalamus parishii
- Dendrocalamus strictus Male Bamboo
- Dendrocalamus tibeticus
- Desmostachya bipinnata halfa grass
- Dichanthium annulatum Kleberg's bluestem
- Dichanthium aristatum Angleton Bluestem
- Dichanthium caricosum
- Dichanthium foveolatum
- Digitaria abludens
- Digitaria bicornis Asian Crabgrass
- Digitaria ciliaris Tropical Finger-grass
- Digitaria compacta raishan
- Digitaria cruciata crabgrass
- Digitaria longiflora False Couch Finger Grass
- Digitaria sanguinalis Hairy Crabgrass
- Digitaria setigera East Indian crabgrass
- Digitaria stricta
- Digitaria violascens Violet Crabgrass
- Digitaria wallichiana
- Dimeria hohenackeri EN
- Dimeria ornithopoda
- Dinebra panicea Mucronate Sprangletop
- Dinebra retroflexa Cats Tail Vlei Grass
- Dinochloa scandens
- Diplachne fusca
- Echinochloa colona Jungle Rice
- Echinochloa colonum
- Echinochloa crus-galli barnyardgrass
- Echinochloa frumentacea white millet
- Echinochloa oryzoides early watergrass
- Eleocharis acicularis Needle Spikerush
- Eleocharis acutangula acute spikerush
- Eleocharis atropurpurea purple spikerush
- Eleocharis congesta spikerush
- Eleocharis dulcis Water Chestnut
- Eleocharis geniculata Canada Spikesedge
- Eleocharis khandwaensis
- Eleocharis ovata Ovate Spikerush
- Eleocharis palustris common spikerush
- Eleocharis retroflexa coastal plain spikerush
- Eleocharis wadoodii DD
- Eleusine coracana Finger Millet
- Eleusine indica Goose Grass
- Elymus dahuricus Dahurian wild rye
- Elymus semicostatus drooping wildrye
- Elymus sibiricus Siberian Wild Rye
- Elymus virginicus Virginia wildrye
- Elytrophorus spicatus Spike Grass
- Enneapogon persicus Persian Pappus-Grass
- Enteropogon dolichostachyus
- Eragrostiella bifaria
- Eragrostiella brachyphylla
- Eragrostiella leioptera
- Eragrostis aspera Rough Love Grass
- Eragrostis atrovirens Thalia Lovegrass
- Eragrostis barrelieri Mediterranean lovegrass
- Eragrostis cilianensis stinkgrass
- Eragrostis ciliata
- Eragrostis coarctata
- Eragrostis gangetica slimflower lovegrass
- Eragrostis interrupta
- Eragrostis japonica Pond Lovegrass
- Eragrostis maderaspatana
- Eragrostis minor Little Lovegrass
- Eragrostis multiflora
- Eragrostis nigra
- Eragrostis nutans
- Eragrostis pilosa Jersey Love-grass
- Eragrostis superba Wilman lovegrass
- Eragrostis tenella Feather Lovegrass
- Eragrostis tenuifolia Elastic Grass
- Eragrostis tremula
- Eragrostis unioloides Chinese lovegrass
- Eragrostis viscosa Sticky Love Grass
- Eremochloa pectinata
- Eriochloa procera Cup Grass
- Erioscirpus comosus
- Erioscirpus microstachyus
- Euclasta clarkei
- Eulalia phaeothrix
- Eulalia villosa Golden Velvet Grass
- Eulaliopsis binata sabaigrass
- Eustachys distichophylla weeping fingergrass
- Festuca leptopogon
- Festuca myuros
- Festuca parvigluma Small-glum fescue
- Festuca rubra red fescue DD
- Fimbristylis aestivalis Summer Fimbry
- Fimbristylis albicans
- Fimbristylis aphylla
- Fimbristylis argentea
- Fimbristylis autumnalis Slender Fimbry
- Fimbristylis bisumbellata
- Fimbristylis complanata Puerto Rico fimbry
- Fimbristylis consanguinea
- Fimbristylis cymosa Hurricanegrass
- Fimbristylis dichotoma Common Fringe-rush
- Fimbristylis falcata
- Fimbristylis ferruginea West Indian fimbry
- Fimbristylis kingii
- Fimbristylis littoralis Grass-like Fimbry
- Fimbristylis merrillii
- Fimbristylis nutans
- Fimbristylis polytrichoides Fuzzy Rush
- Fimbristylis quinquangularis Fiveangle Fimbry
- Fimbristylis salbundia
- Fimbristylis scaberrima
- Fimbristylis schoenoides Ditch Fimbry
- Fimbristylis tenera
- Fuirena cuspidata
- Fuirena trilobites
- Fuirena uncinata
- Garnotia courtallensis
- Garnotia elata
- Garnotia stricta blue lawngrass
- Germainia khasyana
- Gigantochloa atroviolacea Black Bamboo
- Gigantochloa parvifolia
- Glyceria tonglensis
- Glyphochloa forficulata
- Guadua angustifolia Colombian giant thorny
- Hackelochloa granularis Pitscale Grass
- Heteropogon contortus tanglehead
- Heteropogon triticeus Giant Speargrass
- Hordeum brevisubulatum
- Hordeum murinum wall barley
- Hordeum vulgare Common Barley
- Hubbardia heptaneuron VU
- Hygroryza aristata Floating Bamboo
- Hyparrhenia hirta thatching grass
- Hypolytrum nemorum Wooded Hypolytrum
- Imperata cylindrica Cogon Grass
- Isachne angladei
- Isachne elegans
- Isachne globosa Swamp Millet
- Isachne kunthiana
- Isachne lisboae
- Isachne walkeri
- Ischaemum afrum
- Ischaemum aristatum Toco grass
- Ischaemum ciliare
- Ischaemum diplopogon
- Ischaemum impressum
- Ischaemum rugosum Ribbed Murainagrass
- Ischaemum semisagittatum
- Ischaemum timorense stalkleaf murainagrass
- Ischaemum tumidum
- Iseilema anthephoroides
- Iseilema prostratum
- Janochloa antidotalis
- Jansenella griffithiana
- Kuruna wightiana
- Leersia hexandra Native rice grass
- Leymus duthiei
- Leymus secalinus wildrye
- Lolium perenne Perennial Ryegrass
- Lophopogon tridentatus
- Louisiella paludosa
- Mapania tenuiscapa
- Megathyrsus maximus
- Melanocenchris abyssinica
- Melanocenchris jacquemontii desert black-millet
- Melanocenchris rothiana
- Melica scaberrima
- Melinis minutiflora Molasses Grass
- Melinis repens natal grass
- Microchloa indica
- Microstegium biaristatum
- Microstegium fasciculatum Bundled Browntop Grass
- Microstegium nudum
- Microstegium vimineum Japanese stiltgrass
- Miscanthus fuscus
- Miscanthus nepalensis Himalayan fairy grass
- Mnesithea laevis
- Moorochloa eruciformis Sweet Signal Grass
- Muhlenbergia huegelii
- Nastus borbonicus
- Neomicrocalamus prainii
- Neyraudia reynaudiana Burma Reed
- Ophiuros exaltatus
- Oplismenus burmanni Burmann's basketgrass
- Oplismenus compositus Awned Panick Grass
- Oplismenus undulatifolius wavyleaf basketgrass
- Oropetium roxburghianum
- Oropetium thomaeum
- Oropetium villosulum
- Oryza rufipogon Brownbeard rice
- Oryza sativa Asian Rice
- Panicum brevifolium nimbo
- Panicum capillare witch grass
- Panicum curviflorum
- Panicum fischeri
- Panicum gardneri
- Panicum maximum Guinea grass
- Panicum miliaceum Proso Millet
- Panicum notatum
- Panicum repens Torpedo grass
- Panicum sumatrense Barefoot Panicgrass
- Panicum virgatum switchgrass
- Parahyparrhenia bellariensis
- Paspalum canarae
- Paspalum conjugatum Hilograss
- Paspalum distichum knot grass
- Paspalum repens Water Paspalum
- Paspalum scorbiculatum
- Paspalum scrobiculatum Ditch millet
- Paspalum vaginatum seashore paspalum
- Perotis indica
- Phaenosperma globosum Waterfall Millet
- Phalaris aquatica harding grass
- Phleum alpinum Alpine Timothy
- Phragmites karka Tall Reed
- Phyllostachys aurea fishpole bamboo
- Phyllostachys mannii
- Phyllostachys nigra Black Bamboo
- Piptatherum aequiglume
- Poa abbreviata dwarf bluegrass
- Poa himalayana
- Poa khasiana
- Poa nemoralis Wood Meadow-grass
- Poa polycolea
- Poa sikkimensis
- Pogonatherum crinitum Poginatherum crinitum
- Pogonatherum paniceum
- Pogonatherum rufobarbatum
- Polypogon fugax Asian minor rabbit’s-foot grass
- Polypogon monspeliensis rabbitfoot grass
- Polypogon viridis water beard grass
- Polytoca gigantea
- Polytoca wallichiana
- Polytrias indica Batiki Bluegrass
- Pommereulla cornucopiae
- Pseudanthistiria heteroclita
- Pseudodanthonia himalaica
- Pseudodichanthium serrafalcoides
- Pseudopogonatherum quadrinerve
- Pseudopogonatherum trispicatum
- Pseudoraphis spinescens Spiny mud grass
- Pseudoroegneria cognata
- Rhynchospora colorata whitetop sedge
- Rhynchospora wightiana
- Rottboellia cochinchinensis Itchgrass
- Rottboellia striata
- Saccharum officinarum Sugarcane
- Saccharum spontaneum Wild Cane
- Sacciolepis indica Indian Cupscale Grass
- Sacciolepis interrupta
- Sacciolepis myosuroides Annual Swamp Grass
- Schizachyrium brevifolium serillo dulce
- Schizachyrium delavayi
- Schizostachyum beddomei
- Schizostachyum pergracile
- Schoenefeldia gracilis
- Schoenoplectiella articulata
- Schoenoplectiella lateriflora
- Schoenoplectiella mucronata Bog Bulrush
- Schoenoplectiella senegalensis Spring Onion Clubrush
- Schoenoplectiella supina
- Schoenoplectus litoralis Shore Club-rush
- Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani soft-stemmed bulrush
- Scirpus lushanensis
- Scleria biflora nutrush
- Scleria corymbosa
- Scleria levis
- Scleria lithosperma Florida Keys Nutrush
- Scleria parvula
- Scleria sumatrensis nutrush
- Scleria terrestris
The first 500 by name. See them on the map, with filters.
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