Grasses and sedges of the Gangetic Plain
230 grasses and sedges on the India list have a GBIF record placed in the Gangetic Plain, 3 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 Gangetic Plain endemic to India (3)
- Cymbopogon flexuosus Cochin grass
- Eulaliopsis binata sabaigrass
- Pogonatherum paniceum
All grasses and sedges of the Gangetic Plain on the list (230)
- Acrachne racemosa goosegrass
- Alloteropsis cimicina Bugseed Grass
- Alopecurus himalaicus
- Apluda mutica Glutene-rice Grass
- Aristida adscensionis sixweeks three-awn
- Aristida cyanantha
- Aristida setacea
- Arthraxon hispidus small carpetgrass
- Arthraxon lancifolius
- Arundinella bengalensis
- Arundinella nepalensis Dardy's Oats
- Arundinella pumila
- Arundinella setosa
- Arundo donax giant reed
- Avena barbata slender wild oat
- Avena fatua wild oat
- Avena sativa Common Oat
- Axonopus compressus broadleaf carpetgrass
- Bambusa balcooa Female Bamboo
- Bambusa bambos Indian Thorny Bamboo
- Bambusa multiplex hedge bamboo
- Bambusa polymorpha Burmese bamboo
- Bambusa tulda Indian timber bamboo
- Bambusa ventricosa Buddha's belly
- Bambusa vulgaris common bamboo
- Bothriochloa ischaemum King Ranch bluestem
- Bothriochloa pertusa pitted bluestem
- Brachiaria remota
- Bulbostylis barbata Watergrass
- Bulbostylis densa
- Capillipedium assimile
- Capillipedium parviflorum Scented Top
- Carex cruciata Cross Sedge
- Carex fedia
- Carex lehmannii
- Carex myosurus
- Carex obscuriceps
- Cenchrus americanus
- Cenchrus ciliaris buffelgrass
- Cenchrus clandestinus Kikuyu Grass
- Cenchrus longisetus feathertop
- Cenchrus orientalis
- Cenchrus pedicellatus
- Cenchrus purpureus napier grass
- Cenchrus setosus
- Centotheca lappacea
- Chloris barbata Finger Grass
- Chrysopogon aciculatus Wild Oat Grass
- Chrysopogon fulvus Reddish-Yellow Beardgrass
- Chrysopogon polyphyllus
- Chrysopogon serrulatus Golden Beard Grass
- Chrysopogon zizanioides Vetiver
- Coix lacryma-jobi Job's Tears
- Cymbopogon citratus Lemon Grass
- Cymbopogon distans
- Cymbopogon flexuosus Cochin grass
- Cymbopogon martini rosha grass
- Cymbopogon osmastonii
- Cynodon dactylon Bermuda grass
- Cynodon radiatus
- Cyperus alternifolius Umbrella Papyrus
- Cyperus alulatus
- Cyperus brevifolius Shortleaf Spikesedge
- Cyperus compressus Poorland Flatsedge
- Cyperus cuspidatus coastal plain flatsedge
- Cyperus cyperoides Pacific island flatsedge
- Cyperus difformis Variable Flatsedge
- Cyperus distans Slender cyperus
- Cyperus dubius soft sedge
- Cyperus esculentus yellow nutsedge
- Cyperus flavidus yellow flatsedge
- Cyperus iria Rice flat-sedge
- Cyperus microiria Asian Flatsedge
- Cyperus mindorensis whitehead spikesedge
- Cyperus niveus snow white sedge
- Cyperus nutans
- Cyperus paniceus
- Cyperus papyrus Papyrus sedge
- Cyperus pilosus fuzzy flatsedge
- Cyperus procerus
- Cyperus pulchellus
- Cyperus pumilus Annual Flat-sedge
- Cyperus rotundus Purple nutsedge
- Cyperus scariosus
- Cyperus tenuispica
- Cyrtococcum accrescens
- Cyrtococcum patens
- Dactylis glomerata orchard grass
- Dactyloctenium aegyptium Durban Crowfoot
- Dendrocalamus giganteus Giant Bamboo
- Dendrocalamus hamiltonii
- Dendrocalamus strictus Male Bamboo
- Desmostachya bipinnata halfa grass
- Dichanthium annulatum Kleberg's bluestem
- Dichanthium aristatum Angleton Bluestem
- Dichanthium caricosum
- Dichanthium foveolatum
- Dichanthium sericeum Queensland Blue Grass
- Digitaria ciliaris Tropical Finger-grass
- Digitaria sanguinalis Hairy Crabgrass
- Digitaria stricta
- Dimeria ornithopoda
- Dinebra retroflexa Cats Tail Vlei Grass
- Drepanostachyum khasianum
- Echinochloa colona Jungle Rice
- Echinochloa colonum
- Echinochloa crus-galli barnyardgrass
- Echinochloa stagnina Burgu
- Eleocharis acicularis Needle Spikerush
- Eleocharis atropurpurea purple spikerush
- Eleusine coracana Finger Millet
- Eleusine indica Goose Grass
- Elymus semicostatus drooping wildrye
- Enteropogon dolichostachyus
- Eragrostiella nardoides
- Eragrostis cilianensis stinkgrass
- Eragrostis ciliaris Gophertail Lovegrass
- Eragrostis coarctata
- Eragrostis gangetica slimflower lovegrass
- Eragrostis japonica Pond Lovegrass
- Eragrostis multiflora
- Eragrostis nutans
- Eragrostis pectinacea carolina lovegrass
- Eragrostis pilosa Jersey Love-grass
- Eragrostis tenella Feather Lovegrass
- Eragrostis tenuifolia Elastic Grass
- Eragrostis tremula
- Eragrostis unioloides Chinese lovegrass
- Eragrostis viscosa Sticky Love Grass
- Erioscirpus comosus
- Eulaliopsis binata sabaigrass
- Festuca altissima Wood Fescue
- Fimbristylis aestivalis Summer Fimbry
- Fimbristylis autumnalis Slender Fimbry
- Fimbristylis complanata Puerto Rico fimbry
- Fimbristylis dichotoma Common Fringe-rush
- Fimbristylis dipsacea Harper's Fimbristylis
- Fimbristylis falcata
- Fimbristylis ferruginea West Indian fimbry
- Fimbristylis hookeriana
- Fimbristylis littoralis Grass-like Fimbry
- Fimbristylis quinquangularis Fiveangle Fimbry
- Fuirena umbellata Yefen
- Hackelochloa granularis Pitscale Grass
- Hemarthria compressa Jove grass
- Heteropogon contortus tanglehead
- Hygroryza aristata Floating Bamboo
- Imperata cylindrica Cogon Grass
- Isachne albens
- Isachne globosa Swamp Millet
- Ischaemum muticum Seashore Centipede Grass
- Iseilema prostratum
- Janochloa antidotalis
- Leersia hexandra Native rice grass
- Megathyrsus maximus
- Microstegium eucnemis
- Microstegium fasciculatum Bundled Browntop Grass
- Microstegium nudum
- Mnesithea laevis
- Mnesithea mollicoma
- Muhlenbergia duthieana
- Myriostachya wightiana
- Neyraudia arundinacea Madagascar grass
- Neyraudia reynaudiana Burma Reed
- Ophiuros exaltatus
- Oplismenus burmanni Burmann's basketgrass
- Oplismenus compositus Awned Panick Grass
- Oplismenus undulatifolius wavyleaf basketgrass
- Oryza rufipogon Brownbeard rice
- Oryza sativa Asian Rice
- Panicum curviflorum
- Panicum sumatrense Barefoot Panicgrass
- Paspalum dilatatum Dallis grass
- Paspalum distichum knot grass
- Paspalum scorbiculatum
- Paspalum scrobiculatum Ditch millet
- Perotis hordeiformis
- Perotis indica
- Phragmites australis common reed
- Phragmites karka Tall Reed
- Poa annua Annual Meadow-grass
- Pogonatherum paniceum
- Polypogon fugax Asian minor rabbit’s-foot grass
- Polypogon monspeliensis rabbitfoot grass
- Pseudopogonatherum trispicatum
- Pseudosorghum fasciculare
- Rhynchospora colorata whitetop sedge
- Saccharum longesetosum
- Saccharum officinarum Sugarcane
- Saccharum spontaneum Wild Cane
- Sacciolepis indica Indian Cupscale Grass
- Schoenoplectiella articulata
- Schoenoplectiella erecta Sharpscale Bulrush
- Scleria biflora nutrush
- Scleria levis
- Setaria adhaerens bur bristle grass
- Setaria barbata East Indian Bristlegrass
- Setaria flavida
- Setaria intermedia
- Setaria italica Foxtail Bristle-grass
- Setaria palmifolia Palmgrass
- Setaria pumila yellow foxtail
- Setaria verticillata hooked bristle grass
- Setaria viridis Green Bristle Grass
- Sorghum bicolor Sorghum
- Sorghum halepense Johnson grass
- Sorghum nitidum
- Sporobolus diandrus tussock dropseed
- Sporobolus nervosus
- Sporobolus tenuissimus Tropical Dropseed
- Themeda anathera
- Themeda arundinacea
- Themeda caudata
- Themeda gigantea silky kangaroo grass
- Themeda intermedia
- Themeda villosa Lyon's grass
- Thysanolaena latifolia Nepalese Broom Grass
- Tripidium arundinaceum
- Tripidium bengalense
- Tripogon filiformis
- Triticum aestivum Bread Wheat
- Urochloa distachyos green summer grass
- Urochloa kurzii
- Urochloa mutica Para Grass
- Urochloa panicoides Liverseed Grass
- Urochloa ramosa Browntop Millet
- Urochloa reptans Sprawling Signalgrass
- Urochloa setigera
- Urochloa villosa
- Zea mays Maize
Grasses and sedges elsewhere
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Other species of the Gangetic Plain
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