Grasses and sedges of the Thar and Kutch deserts
93 grasses and sedges on the India list have a GBIF record placed in the Thar and Kutch deserts, 2 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.
Grasses and sedges of the Thar and Kutch deserts endemic to India (2)
- Eulaliopsis binata sabaigrass
- Oropetium almeidanum
All grasses and sedges of the Thar and Kutch deserts on the list (93)
- Acrachne racemosa goosegrass
- Aeluropus lagopoides rabbit foot aeluropus
- Andropogon pumilus
- Apluda mutica Glutene-rice Grass
- Aristida adscensionis sixweeks three-awn
- Aristida funiculata
- Carex atrata Black Alpine Sedge
- Carex canescens hoary sedge
- Carex parallela parallel sedge
- Cenchrus americanus
- Cenchrus biflorus Indian sandbur
- Cenchrus ciliaris buffelgrass
- Cenchrus pennisetiformis
- Cenchrus setaceus Fountain Grass
- Cenchrus setigerus birdwood grass
- Chloris barbata Finger Grass
- Chloris flagellifera
- Chloris quinquesetica
- Chloris virgata feather finger grass
- Cymbopogon jwarancusa Iwarancusa grass
- Cymbopogon martini rosha grass
- Cynodon dactylon Bermuda grass
- Cyperus compressus Poorland Flatsedge
- Cyperus conglomeratus Sedge
- Cyperus laevigatus Smooth Flatsedge
- Cyperus rotundus Purple nutsedge
- Dactyloctenium aegyptium Durban Crowfoot
- Dactyloctenium scindicum Sindh Crowfoot
- Desmostachya bipinnata halfa grass
- Dichanthium annulatum Kleberg's bluestem
- Dichanthium caricosum
- Dichanthium foveolatum
- Digitaria bicornis Asian Crabgrass
- Digitaria parviflora Small-flowered Finger Grass
- Digitaria pennata
- Digitaria sanguinalis Hairy Crabgrass
- Dignathia hirtella
- Dinebra retroflexa Cats Tail Vlei Grass
- Echinochloa colonum
- Elionurus royleanus
- Elytrophorus spicatus Spike Grass
- Enneapogon cenchroides Soft Feather Pappus Grass
- Eragrostis cilianensis stinkgrass
- Eragrostis ciliaris Gophertail Lovegrass
- Eragrostis japonica Pond Lovegrass
- Eragrostis maderaspatana
- Eragrostis pilosa Jersey Love-grass
- Eragrostis tenella Feather Lovegrass
- Eragrostis tremula
- Eriochloa procera Cup Grass
- Eulaliopsis binata sabaigrass
- Fimbristylis dichotoma Common Fringe-rush
- Halopyrum mucronatum
- Heteropogon contortus tanglehead
- Hygroryza aristata Floating Bamboo
- Ischaemum rugosum Ribbed Murainagrass
- Iseilema prostratum
- Janochloa antidotalis
- Lasiurus scindicus
- Melanocenchris abyssinica
- Melanocenchris jacquemontii desert black-millet
- Melinis repens natal grass
- Oplismenus burmanni Burmann's basketgrass
- Oropetium almeidanum
- Oropetium thomaeum
- Panicum sumatrense Barefoot Panicgrass
- Panicum turgidum desert grass
- Phalaris minor Lesser Canary Grass
- Phragmites australis common reed
- Phragmites karka Tall Reed
- Polypogon monspeliensis rabbitfoot grass
- Polytoca gigantea
- Saccharum officinarum Sugarcane
- Saccharum spontaneum Wild Cane
- Schoenefeldia gracilis
- Sehima nervosa
- Setaria flavida
- Setaria geminata Egyptian Panicgrass
- Setaria intermedia
- Setaria verticillata hooked bristle grass
- Sorghum halepense Johnson grass
- Sporobolus coromandelianus
- Sporobolus helvolus
- Sporobolus ioclados Pan Dropseed
- Sporobolus maderaspatanus
- Sporobolus spicatus Spike Grass
- Tetrapogon tenellus
- Tetrapogon villosus
- Themeda laxa
- Themeda quadrivalvis Grader Grass
- Tragus racemosus European Bur-grass
- Urochloa ramosa Browntop Millet
- Urochondra setulosa
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