Grasses and sedges of Maharashtra
406 grasses and sedges on the India list have an open record placed in Maharashtra, 2 of them threatened (1 Endangered and 1 Vulnerable) and 69 endemic to India.
A species is in a state when it has an open record placed there: a record anyone can check online (a GBIF record, or a research-grade iNaturalist observation). Threatened: IUCN Red List Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable. List of the week of 2026-11-09.
Threatened grasses and sedges of Maharashtra (2)
Grasses and sedges of Maharashtra endemic to India (69)
- Arthraxon jubatus
- Arthraxon meeboldii
- Arthraxon raizadae
- Arthraxon villosus
- Arundinella metzii
- Arundinella nervosa
- Arundinella spicata
- Arundinella tuberculata
- Bhidea burnsiana
- Bhidea fischeri
- Cephalostachyum latifolium
- Chloris bournei
- Chrysopogon castaneus
- Chrysopogon velutinus
- Coelachne minuta
- Cymbopogon flexuosus Cochin grass
- Danthonidium gammiei
- Dichanthium concanense
- Dichanthium jainii
- Dichanthium mccannii
- Dichanthium panchganiense
- Dimeria anandibaiana
- Dimeria bialata
- Dimeria blatteri
- Dimeria deccanensis
- Dimeria stapfiana
- Dimeria woodrowii
- Eleocharis konkanensis
- Eleocharis wadoodii DD
- Eulalia shrirangii
- Eulalia villosa Golden Velvet Grass
- Eulaliopsis binata sabaigrass
- Fimbristylis lawiana
- Fimbristylis tumida
- Garnotia arborum
- Glyphochloa acuminata
- Glyphochloa forficulata
- Glyphochloa mysorensis
- Glyphochloa ratnagirica
- Glyphochloa santapaui NT
- Hubbardia diandra
- Indopoa paupercula
- Isachne bicolor VU
- Isachne borii
- Isachne gracilis
- Ischaemum barbatum
- Ischaemum bolei
- Ischaemum commutatum
- Ischaemum dioecum
- Ischaemum diplopogon
- Ischaemum kingii
- Ischaemum mangaluricum
- Ischaemum ritchiei
- Ischaemum santapaui
- Ischaemum tumidum
- Iseilema anthephoroides
- Jansenella neglecta
- Lophopogon tridentatus
- Mnesithea veldkampii
- Nanooravia santapaui
- Oropetium roxburghianum
- Oropetium villosulum
- Pogonachne racemosa
- Pogonatherum paniceum
- Silentvalleya chandwadensis
- Spodiopogon rhizophorus
- Themeda pseudotremula
- Triplopogon ramosissimus
- Tripogon lisboae
All grasses and sedges of Maharashtra on the list (406)
- Aeluropus lagopoides rabbit foot aeluropus
- Agrostis micrantha
- Alloteropsis cimicina Bugseed Grass
- Andropogon pumilus
- Apluda mutica Glutene-rice Grass
- Apocopis paleaceus
- Aristida adscensionis sixweeks three-awn
- Aristida funiculata
- Aristida hystricula
- Aristida redacta
- Arthraxon hispidus small carpetgrass
- Arthraxon inermis
- Arthraxon jubatus
- Arthraxon lanceolatus
- Arthraxon lancifolius
- Arthraxon meeboldii
- Arthraxon nudus
- Arthraxon prionodes
- Arthraxon raizadae
- Arthraxon villosus
- Arundinella bengalensis
- Arundinella ciliata
- Arundinella leptochloa
- Arundinella metzii
- Arundinella nervosa
- Arundinella pumila
- Arundinella setosa
- Arundinella spicata
- Arundinella tuberculata
- Arundo donax giant reed
- Axonopus compressus broadleaf carpetgrass
- Bambusa bambos Indian Thorny Bamboo
- Bambusa spinosa
- Bambusa vulgaris common bamboo
- Bhidea burnsiana
- Bhidea fischeri
- Bolboschoenus maritimus sea clubrush
- Bothriochloa bladhii Australian Bluestem
- Bothriochloa kuntzeana
- Bothriochloa pertusa pitted bluestem
- Brachypodium sylvaticum Slender False Brome
- Bromus grandis tall brome
- Bromus himalaicus
- Bulbostylis densa
- Calamagrostis arundinacea rough reedgrass
- Calamagrostis scabrescens
- Capillipedium assimile
- Capillipedium filiculme
- Capillipedium huegelii
- Carex acutiformis lesser pond sedge
- Carex alta
- Carex baccans Crimson Seeded Sedge
- Carex brunnea greater brown sedge
- Carex composita
- Carex cruciata Cross Sedge
- Carex filicina
- Carex finitima
- Carex indica
- Carex kokanica
- Carex lachenalii Hare's-foot Sedge
- Carex ligulata ligulate sedge
- Carex myosurus
- Carex teinogyna
- Cenchrus alopecuroides
- Cenchrus americanus
- Cenchrus biflorus Indian sandbur
- Cenchrus flaccidus
- Cenchrus hohenackeri
- Cenchrus pedicellatus
- Cenchrus pennisetiformis
- Cenchrus purpureus napier grass
- Cenchrus setigerus birdwood grass
- Cenchrus setosus
- Cephalostachyum latifolium
- Cephalostachyum pallidum
- Chloris barbata Finger Grass
- Chloris bournei
- Chloris virgata feather finger grass
- Chrysopogon castaneus
- Chrysopogon fulvus Reddish-Yellow Beardgrass
- Chrysopogon nodulibarbis
- Chrysopogon serrulatus Golden Beard Grass
- Chrysopogon velutinus
- Chrysopogon zizanioides Vetiver
- Coelachne minuta
- Coelachne pulchella
- Coix lacryma-jobi Job's Tears
- Cymbopogon caesius Broad-leaved Turpentine Grass
- Cymbopogon citratus Lemon Grass
- Cymbopogon flexuosus Cochin grass
- Cymbopogon jwarancusa Iwarancusa grass
- Cymbopogon martini rosha grass
- Cymbopogon schoenanthus Fever grass
- Cynodon dactylon Bermuda grass
- Cynodon radiatus
- Cyperus albostriatus Dwarf striped umbrella sedge
- Cyperus alternifolius Umbrella Papyrus
- Cyperus alulatus
- Cyperus articulatus Jointed Flatsedge
- Cyperus brevifolius Shortleaf Spikesedge
- Cyperus compressus Poorland Flatsedge
- Cyperus cyperoides Pacific island flatsedge
- Cyperus difformis Variable Flatsedge
- Cyperus distans Slender cyperus
- Cyperus dives Fig Sedge
- Cyperus dubius soft sedge
- Cyperus esculentus yellow nutsedge
- Cyperus exaltatus Giant Sedge
- Cyperus flavidus yellow flatsedge
- Cyperus iria Rice flat-sedge
- Cyperus leucocephalus
- Cyperus metzii Asian Spikesedge
- Cyperus mindorensis whitehead spikesedge
- Cyperus nutans
- Cyperus papyrus Papyrus sedge
- Cyperus pilosus fuzzy flatsedge
- Cyperus pseudokyllingioides
- Cyperus pumilus Annual Flat-sedge
- Cyperus reflexus Bentawn Flatsedge
- Cyperus rotundus Purple nutsedge
- Cyperus rubicundus
- Cyperus sanguinolentus purpleglume flatsedge
- Cyperus squarrosus Bearded Flatsedge
- Cyperus sulcinux
- Cyperus tenuifolius
- Cyperus tenuispica
- Cyperus tuberosus North Coast Purple Nutsedge
- Cyrtococcum oxyphyllum
- Cyrtococcum patens
- Dactylis glomerata orchard grass
- Dactyloctenium aegyptium Durban Crowfoot
- Dactyloctenium australe Durban grass
- Danthonidium gammiei
- Dendrocalamus giganteus Giant Bamboo
- Dendrocalamus parishii
- Dendrocalamus strictus Male Bamboo
- Dendrocalamus tibeticus
- Dichanthium annulatum Kleberg's bluestem
- Dichanthium aristatum Angleton Bluestem
- Dichanthium caricosum
- Dichanthium concanense
- Dichanthium foveolatum
- Dichanthium jainii
- Dichanthium mccannii
- Dichanthium panchganiense
- Digitaria abludens
- Digitaria bicornis Asian Crabgrass
- Digitaria ciliaris Tropical Finger-grass
- Digitaria compacta raishan
- Digitaria cruciata crabgrass
- Digitaria longiflora False Couch Finger Grass
- Digitaria parviflora Small-flowered Finger Grass
- Digitaria sanguinalis Hairy Crabgrass
- Digitaria setigera East Indian crabgrass
- Digitaria stricta
- Digitaria ternata Blackseed Finger Grass
- Digitaria violascens Violet Crabgrass
- Digitaria wallichiana
- Dimeria anandibaiana
- Dimeria bialata
- Dimeria blatteri
- Dimeria deccanensis
- Dimeria gracilis
- Dimeria hohenackeri EN
- Dimeria ornithopoda
- Dimeria stapfiana
- Dimeria woodrowii
- Dinebra retroflexa Cats Tail Vlei Grass
- Echinochloa colona Jungle Rice
- Echinochloa colonum
- Eleocharis acutangula acute spikerush
- Eleocharis geniculata Canada Spikesedge
- Eleocharis konkanensis
- Eleocharis lankana
- Eleocharis ovata Ovate Spikerush
- Eleocharis wadoodii DD
- Eleusine coracana Finger Millet
- Eleusine indica Goose Grass
- Elymus borianus
- Elytrophorus spicatus Spike Grass
- Enteropogon dolichostachyus
- Eragrostiella bifaria
- Eragrostiella brachyphylla
- Eragrostis atrovirens Thalia Lovegrass
- Eragrostis barrelieri Mediterranean lovegrass
- Eragrostis cilianensis
- Eragrostis cilianensis stinkgrass
- Eragrostis gangetica slimflower lovegrass
- Eragrostis japonica Pond Lovegrass
- Eragrostis minor Little Lovegrass
- Eragrostis multiflora
- Eragrostis nigra
- Eragrostis nutans
- Eragrostis pilosa Jersey Love-grass
- Eragrostis tenella Feather Lovegrass
- Eragrostis tenuifolia Elastic Grass
- Eragrostis tremula
- Eragrostis unioloides Chinese lovegrass
- Eragrostis viscosa Sticky Love Grass
- Eriochloa procera Cup Grass
- Erioscirpus comosus
- Euclasta oligantha
- Eulalia conjugata
- Eulalia shrirangii
- Eulalia villosa Golden Velvet Grass
- Eulaliopsis binata sabaigrass
- Festuca leptopogon
- Festuca parvigluma Small-glum fescue
- Fimbristylis aestivalis Summer Fimbry
- Fimbristylis complanata Puerto Rico fimbry
- Fimbristylis dichotoma Common Fringe-rush
- Fimbristylis dipsacea Harper's Fimbristylis
- Fimbristylis ferruginea West Indian fimbry
- Fimbristylis lawiana
- Fimbristylis merrillii
- Fimbristylis microcarya
- Fimbristylis quinquangularis Fiveangle Fimbry
- Fimbristylis schoenoides Ditch Fimbry
- Fimbristylis tetragona
- Fimbristylis tumida
- Fuirena umbellata Yefen
- Garnotia arborum
- Garnotia stricta blue lawngrass
- Gigantochloa atroviolacea Black Bamboo
- Glyceria tonglensis
- Glyphochloa acuminata
- Glyphochloa forficulata
- Glyphochloa mysorensis
- Glyphochloa ratnagirica
- Glyphochloa santapaui NT
- Hackelochloa granularis Pitscale Grass
- Heteropogon contortus tanglehead
- Heteropogon ritchiei
- Heteropogon triticeus Giant Speargrass
- Hubbardia diandra
- Imperata cylindrica Cogon Grass
- Indopoa paupercula
- Isachne bicolor VU
- Isachne borii
- Isachne elegans
- Isachne globosa Swamp Millet
- Isachne gracilis
- Isachne himalaica
- Isachne kunthiana
- Isachne lisboae
- Isachne walkeri
- Ischaemum afrum
- Ischaemum aristatum Toco grass
- Ischaemum barbatum
- Ischaemum bolei
- Ischaemum ciliare
- Ischaemum commutatum
- Ischaemum dalzellii
- Ischaemum dioecum
- Ischaemum diplopogon
- Ischaemum impressum
- Ischaemum kingii
- Ischaemum mangaluricum
- Ischaemum molle
- Ischaemum raizadae
- Ischaemum ritchiei
- Ischaemum rugosum Ribbed Murainagrass
- Ischaemum santapaui
- Ischaemum semisagittatum
- Ischaemum timorense stalkleaf murainagrass
- Ischaemum tumidum
- Iseilema anthephoroides
- Iseilema prostratum
- Janochloa antidotalis
- Jansenella griffithiana
- Jansenella neglecta
- Leersia hexandra Native rice grass
- Lophopogon tridentatus
- Louisiella paludosa
- Melanocenchris abyssinica
- Melanocenchris jacquemontii desert black-millet
- Melinis minutiflora Molasses Grass
- Melinis repens natal grass
- Microstegium biaristatum
- Microstegium fasciculatum Bundled Browntop Grass
- Microstegium nudum
- Microstegium vimineum Japanese stiltgrass
- Miscanthus nepalensis Himalayan fairy grass
- Mnesithea granularis
- Mnesithea laevis
- Mnesithea veldkampii
- Moorochloa eruciformis Sweet Signal Grass
- Muhlenbergia huegelii
- Nanooravia santapaui
- Neomicrocalamus prainii
- Neotrinia splendens
- Neyraudia reynaudiana Burma Reed
- Ophiuros exaltatus
- Oplismenus burmanni Burmann's basketgrass
- Oplismenus compositus Awned Panick Grass
- Oplismenus hirtellus Basket Grass
- Oplismenus undulatifolius wavyleaf basketgrass
- Oropetium roxburghianum
- Oropetium thomaeum
- Oropetium villosulum
- Oryza coarctata DD
- Oryza rufipogon Brownbeard rice
- Oryza sativa Asian Rice
- Panicum capillare witch grass
- Panicum gardneri
- Panicum notatum
- Panicum sumatrense Barefoot Panicgrass
- Paspalum canarae
- Paspalum distichum knot grass
- Paspalum scrobiculatum Ditch millet
- Perotis indica
- Phaenosperma globosum Waterfall Millet
- Phleum alpinum Alpine Timothy
- Phragmites karka Tall Reed
- Phyllostachys aurea fishpole bamboo
- Phyllostachys nigra Black Bamboo
- Poa annua Annual Meadow-grass
- Poa himalayana
- Poa khasiana
- Poa sikkimensis
- Pogonachne racemosa
- Pogonatherum paniceum
- Polypogon fugax Asian minor rabbit’s-foot grass
- Polytoca gigantea
- Polytrias indica Batiki Bluegrass
- Pseudanthistiria heteroclita
- Pseudanthistiria umbellata
- Pseudodichanthium serrafalcoides
- Pseudopogonatherum quadrinerve
- Pseudopogonatherum trispicatum
- Rhynchospora wightiana
- Rottboellia cochinchinensis Itchgrass
- Rottboellia striata
- Saccharum officinarum Sugarcane
- Saccharum spontaneum Wild Cane
- Sacciolepis interrupta
- Schizachyrium delavayi
- Schizostachyum pergracile
- Schoenefeldia gracilis
- Schoenoplectiella articulata
- Schoenoplectiella corymbosa
- Schoenoplectiella lateriflora
- Schoenoplectus subulatus
- Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani soft-stemmed bulrush
- Scirpus lushanensis
- Scleria biflora nutrush
- Scleria parvula
- Scleria terrestris
- Sehima nervosa
- Sehima sulcata
- Setaria barbata East Indian Bristlegrass
- Setaria flavida
- Setaria forbesiana
- Setaria geminata Egyptian Panicgrass
- Setaria intermedia
- Setaria palmifolia Palmgrass
- Setaria parviflora knotroot bristlegrass
- Setaria plicata
- Setaria pumila yellow foxtail
- Setaria punctata
- Setaria verticillata hooked bristle grass
- Silentvalleya chandwadensis
- Sorghum bicolor Sorghum
- Sorghum halepense Johnson grass
- Sorghum nitidum
- Sorghum purpureosericeum
- Spinifex littoreus Ravan's Mustache
- Spodiopogon rhizophorus
- Sporobolus diandrus tussock dropseed
- Sporobolus fertilis Bloomsbury Grass
- Sporobolus festivus Red Dropseed
- Sporobolus fimbriatus Fringed Dropseed
- Sporobolus indicus smut grass
- Sporobolus piliferus Barundi dropseed
- Sporobolus schoenoides swamp pricklegrass
- Sporobolus tenuissimus Tropical Dropseed
- Sporobolus virginicus seashore dropseed
- Sporobolus wallichii
- Tetrapogon tenellus
- Thelepogon elegans
- Themeda laxa
- Themeda pseudotremula
- Themeda quadrivalvis Grader Grass
- Themeda tremula
- Themeda triandra Kangaroo Grass
- Thysanolaena latifolia Nepalese Broom Grass
- Trachys muricata
- Tragus mongolorum Indian Bur Grass
- Trilobachne cookei NT
- Tripidium arundinaceum
- Tripidium rufipilum
- Triplopogon ramosissimus
- Tripogon bromoides
- Tripogon capillatus
- Tripogon jacquemontii
- Tripogon lisboae
- Tripogon purpurascens
- Trisetopsis virescens
- Triticum aestivum Bread Wheat
- Triticum turgidum Rivet Wheat
- Urochloa distachyos green summer grass
- Urochloa kurzii
- Urochloa panicoides Liverseed Grass
- Urochloa ramosa Browntop Millet
- Urochloa reptans Sprawling Signalgrass
- Zea mays Maize
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Other species of Maharashtra
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