Grasses and sedges of Tamil Nadu

Grasses and sedges of Tamil Nadu endemic to India (29)

• Agrostis peninsularis
• Arundinella cannanorica
• Arundinella mesophylla
• Arundinella metzii
• Arundinella vaginata
• Chloris bournei
• Chrysopogon hackelii
• Cymbopogon flexuosus Cochin grass
• Dichanthium foulkesii
• Dimeria kanjirapallilana
• Dimeria lawsonii
• Eriochrysis rangacharii
• Fimbristylis kingii
• Fimbristylis paupercula
• Fimbristylis subtrabeculata
• Fimbristylis uliginosa
• Fuirena trilobites
• Garnotia elata
• Isachne angladei
• Isachne bourneorum
• Ischaemum koenigii
• Iseilema anthephoroides
• Manisuris myurus
• Ochlandra travancorica
• Ochlandra wightii
• Panicum fischeri
• Parahyparrhenia bellariensis
• Schizostachyum beddomei
• Urochloa nilagirica

All grasses and sedges of Tamil Nadu on the list (406)

• Abildgaardia ovata Flatspike Sedge
• Abildgaardia triflora
• Actinoscirpus grossus giant bulrush
• Aeluropus lagopoides rabbit foot aeluropus
• Agrostis capillaris colonial bent
• Agrostis peninsularis
• Agrostis pilosula
• Alloteropsis cimicina Bugseed Grass
• Andropogon lividus
• Andropogon polyptychos
• Andropogon pumilus
• Anthoxanthum hookeri
• Anthoxanthum odoratum sweet vernal grass
• Apluda mutica Glutene-rice Grass
• Apocopis courtallumensis
• Apocopis mangalorensis
• Aristida adscensionis sixweeks three-awn
• Aristida cyanantha
• Aristida funiculata
• Aristida hystrix
• Aristida mutabilis
• Aristida setacea
• Arthraxon hispidus small carpetgrass
• Arundinella cannanorica
• Arundinella ciliata
• Arundinella fuscata
• Arundinella leptochloa
• Arundinella mesophylla
• Arundinella metzii
• Arundinella pumila
• Arundinella purpurea
• Arundinella setosa
• Arundinella vaginata
• Arundo donax giant reed
• Avena fatua wild oat
• Avena sativa Common Oat
• Avena sterilis animated oat
• Axonopus compressus broadleaf carpetgrass
• Bambusa bambos Indian Thorny Bamboo
• Bambusa dolichoclada Long-branch Bambusa
• Bambusa vulgaris common bamboo
• Bothriochloa insculpta Pinhole Grass
• Bothriochloa ischaemum King Ranch bluestem
• Bothriochloa pertusa pitted bluestem
• Bouteloua dactyloides buffalograss
• Brachypodium sylvaticum Slender False Brome
• Briza maxima Greater Quaking Grass
• Briza minor Little quaking-grass
• Bromus catharticus Rescue Brome
• Bulbostylis barbata Watergrass
• Bulbostylis densa
• Bulbostylis thouarsii
• Carex baccans Crimson Seeded Sedge
• Carex filicina
• Carex intumescens bladder sedge
• Carex lindleyana
• Carex myosurus
• Carex nubigena
• Carex phacota Lakeshore sedge
• Carex speciosa
• Carex walkeri NT
• Cenchrus americanus
• Cenchrus biflorus Indian sandbur
• Cenchrus ciliaris buffelgrass
• Cenchrus clandestinus Kikuyu Grass
• Cenchrus cupreus
• Cenchrus hohenackeri
• Cenchrus orientalis
• Cenchrus pedicellatus
• Cenchrus purpureus napier grass
• Cenchrus setaceus Fountain Grass
• Cenchrus setigerus birdwood grass
• Cenchrus setosus
• Centotheca lappacea
• Chloris barbata Finger Grass
• Chloris bournei
• Chloris montana
• Chloris virgata feather finger grass
• Chrysopogon aciculatus Wild Oat Grass
• Chrysopogon fulvus Reddish-Yellow Beardgrass
• Chrysopogon gryllus Scented Grass
• Chrysopogon hackelii
• Chrysopogon lawsonii
• Chrysopogon nodulibarbis
• Chrysopogon orientalis
• Chrysopogon serrulatus Golden Beard Grass
• Chrysopogon zizanioides Vetiver
• Cladium mariscoides smooth saw-grass
• Coelachne simpliciuscula
• Coelachyrum brevifolium
• Coelachyrum lagopoides
• Coix aquatica
• Coix lacryma-jobi Job's Tears
• Cortaderia selloana Pampas Grass
• Cymbopogon caesius Broad-leaved Turpentine Grass
• Cymbopogon citratus Lemon Grass
• Cymbopogon coloratus
• Cymbopogon flexuosus Cochin grass
• Cymbopogon martini rosha grass
• Cymbopogon nardus citronella grass
• Cymbopogon polyneuros
• Cymbopogon tortilis
• Cynodon barberi
• Cynodon dactylon Bermuda grass
• Cynodon radiatus
• Cyperus albescens
• Cyperus alternifolius Umbrella Papyrus
• Cyperus arenarius
• Cyperus articulatus Jointed Flatsedge
• Cyperus brevifolius Shortleaf Spikesedge
• Cyperus bulbosus
• Cyperus castaneus
• Cyperus cephalotes
• Cyperus ceylanicus
• Cyperus clarkei
• Cyperus compressus Poorland Flatsedge
• Cyperus conglomeratus Sedge
• Cyperus cyperinus Old World flatsedge
• Cyperus difformis Variable Flatsedge
• Cyperus diffusus Dwarf Umbrella Grass
• Cyperus digitatus Finger Flatsedge
• Cyperus distans Slender cyperus
• Cyperus dubius soft sedge
• Cyperus esculentus yellow nutsedge
• Cyperus exaltatus Giant Sedge
• Cyperus flavidus yellow flatsedge
• Cyperus hamulosus
• Cyperus haspan Haspan Flatsedge
• Cyperus iria Rice flat-sedge
• Cyperus javanicus Javanese Flatsedge
• Cyperus laevigatus Smooth Flatsedge
• Cyperus maderaspatanus
• Cyperus manimae smoothstem flatsedge
• Cyperus melanospermus
• Cyperus michelianus
• Cyperus mindorensis whitehead spikesedge
• Cyperus mitis
• Cyperus neochinensis
• Cyperus niveus snow white sedge
• Cyperus nutans
• Cyperus pangorei
• Cyperus paniceus
• Cyperus papyrus Papyrus sedge
• Cyperus platyphyllus
• Cyperus polystachyos Bunchy flat-sedge
• Cyperus procerus
• Cyperus prolifer Dwarf Papyrus
• Cyperus pseudokyllingioides
• Cyperus pumilus Annual Flat-sedge
• Cyperus puncticulatus
• Cyperus richardii
• Cyperus rotundus Purple nutsedge
• Cyperus rubicundus
• Cyperus sanguinolentus purpleglume flatsedge
• Cyperus sesquiflorus Fragrant Spikesedge
• Cyperus squarrosus Bearded Flatsedge
• Cyperus stoloniferus
• Cyperus sulcinux
• Cyperus tenuispica
• Cyperus unioloides
• Cyrtococcum oxyphyllum
• Cyrtococcum patens
• Cyrtococcum trigonum
• Dactylis glomerata orchard grass
• Dactyloctenium aegyptium Durban Crowfoot
• Dendrocalamus strictus Male Bamboo
• Desmostachya bipinnata halfa grass
• Dichanthium annulatum Kleberg's bluestem
• Dichanthium caricosum
• Dichanthium foulkesii
• Dichanthium foveolatum
• Digitaria abludens
• Digitaria bicornis Asian Crabgrass
• Digitaria ciliaris Tropical Finger-grass
• Digitaria longiflora False Couch Finger Grass
• Digitaria sanguinalis Hairy Crabgrass
• Digitaria setigera East Indian crabgrass
• Digitaria stricta
• Digitaria tomentosa
• Digitaria violascens Violet Crabgrass
• Digitaria wallichiana
• Dimeria kanjirapallilana
• Dimeria lawsonii
• Dimeria ornithopoda
• Dinebra chinensis Chinese Sprangletop
• Dinebra polystachyos
• Dinebra retroflexa Cats Tail Vlei Grass
• Diplachne fusca
• Disakisperma obtusiflorum
• Echinochloa colona Jungle Rice
• Echinochloa colonum
• Echinochloa crus-galli barnyardgrass
• Echinochloa crus-pavonis Gulf cockspur
• Echinochloa frumentacea white millet
• Echinochloa oryzoides early watergrass
• Echinochloa stagnina Burgu
• Eleocharis acutangula acute spikerush
• Eleocharis atropurpurea purple spikerush
• Eleocharis congesta spikerush
• Eleocharis dulcis Water Chestnut
• Eleocharis geniculata Canada Spikesedge
• Eleusine coracana Finger Millet
• Eleusine indica Goose Grass
• Enneapogon persicus Persian Pappus-Grass
• Enteropogon dolichostachyus
• Enteropogon monostachyos
• Eragrostiella bifaria
• Eragrostiella brachyphylla
• Eragrostis atrovirens Thalia Lovegrass
• Eragrostis cilianensis
• Eragrostis cilianensis stinkgrass
• Eragrostis ciliaris Gophertail Lovegrass
• Eragrostis coarctata
• Eragrostis gangetica slimflower lovegrass
• Eragrostis interrupta
• Eragrostis japonica Pond Lovegrass
• Eragrostis maderaspatana
• Eragrostis minor Little Lovegrass
• Eragrostis nigra
• Eragrostis nutans
• Eragrostis papposa
• Eragrostis pilosa Jersey Love-grass
• Eragrostis riparia
• 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
• Eriochrysis rangacharii
• Euclasta oligantha
• Eulalia phaeothrix
• Festuca bromoides
• Fimbristylis acuminata Pointed Fimbry
• Fimbristylis aphylla
• Fimbristylis argentea
• Fimbristylis bisumbellata
• Fimbristylis complanata Puerto Rico fimbry
• Fimbristylis consanguinea
• Fimbristylis cymosa Hurricanegrass
• Fimbristylis dichotoma Common Fringe-rush
• Fimbristylis dipsacea Harper's Fimbristylis
• Fimbristylis eragrostis
• Fimbristylis falcata
• Fimbristylis ferruginea West Indian fimbry
• Fimbristylis kingii
• Fimbristylis littoralis Grass-like Fimbry
• Fimbristylis nutans
• Fimbristylis pauciflora fimbry
• Fimbristylis paupercula
• Fimbristylis polytrichoides Fuzzy Rush
• Fimbristylis quinquangularis Fiveangle Fimbry
• Fimbristylis schoenoides Ditch Fimbry
• Fimbristylis subtrabeculata
• Fimbristylis tenera
• Fimbristylis tetragona
• Fimbristylis uliginosa
• Fuirena ciliaris
• Fuirena trilobites
• Fuirena uncinata
• Garnotia courtallensis
• Garnotia elata
• Garnotia tenella
• Gigantochloa parviflora
• Hackelochloa granularis Pitscale Grass
• Halopyrum mucronatum
• Heteropogon contortus tanglehead
• Holcolemma canaliculatum
• Hordeum vulgare Common Barley
• Imperata cylindrica Cogon Grass
• Isachne angladei
• Isachne bourneorum
• Isachne elegans
• Isachne globosa Swamp Millet
• Isachne kunthiana
• Ischaemum aristatum Toco grass
• Ischaemum ciliare
• Ischaemum koenigii
• Ischaemum rugosum Ribbed Murainagrass
• Iseilema anthephoroides
• Iseilema prostratum
• Isolepis fluitans Floating Club-rush
• Jansenella griffithiana
• Kuruna wightiana
• Lagurus ovatus Hare's Tail Grass
• Leersia hexandra Native rice grass
• Manisuris myurus
• Megathyrsus maximus
• Melanocenchris rothiana
• Melica scaberrima
• Melinis repens natal grass
• Microchloa indica
• Mnesithea laevis
• Moorochloa eruciformis Sweet Signal Grass
• Nastus borbonicus
• Ochlandra travancorica
• Ochlandra wightii
• Ophiuros exaltatus
• Oplismenus burmanni Burmann's basketgrass
• Oplismenus compositus Awned Panick Grass
• Oplismenus undulatifolius wavyleaf basketgrass
• Oropetium thomaeum
• Oryza meyeriana
• Oryza rufipogon Brownbeard rice
• Oryza sativa Asian Rice
• Panicum brevifolium nimbo
• Panicum curviflorum
• Panicum fischeri
• Panicum gardneri
• Panicum maximum Guinea grass
• Panicum miliaceum Proso Millet
• Panicum repens Torpedo grass
• Panicum sumatrense Barefoot Panicgrass
• Parahyparrhenia bellariensis
• Paspalum conjugatum Hilograss
• Paspalum distichum knot grass
• Paspalum repens Water Paspalum
• Paspalum scrobiculatum Ditch millet
• Perotis indica
• Perotis ornithocephala
• Phalaris aquatica harding grass
• Phalaris arundinacea reed canary grass
• Phragmites karka Tall Reed
• Poa annua Annual Meadow-grass
• Poa nemoralis Wood Meadow-grass
• Pogonatherum crinitum Poginatherum crinitum
• Polytoca gigantea
• Polytrias indica Batiki Bluegrass
• Pommereulla cornucopiae
• Pseudanthistiria heteroclita
• Pseudopogonatherum quadrinerve
• Pseudopogonatherum trispicatum
• Pseudoraphis spinescens Spiny mud grass
• Pseudoxytenanthera monadelpha
• Rhynchospora colorata whitetop sedge
• Rhynchospora corymbosa matamat
• Rottboellia cochinchinensis Itchgrass
• Saccharum officinarum Sugarcane
• Saccharum spontaneum Wild Cane
• Sacciolepis indica Indian Cupscale Grass
• Sacciolepis interrupta
• Sacciolepis myosuroides Annual Swamp Grass
• Schizostachyum beddomei
• Schoenoplectiella articulata
• Schoenoplectiella juncoides rock bulrush
• Schoenoplectiella lateriflora
• Schoenoplectiella mucronata Bog Bulrush
• Schoenoplectiella senegalensis Spring Onion Clubrush
• Schoenoplectiella supina
• Schoenoplectus litoralis Shore Club-rush
• Scleria levis
• Scleria lithosperma Florida Keys Nutrush
• Scleria parvula
• Sehima nervosa
• Setaria adhaerens bur bristle grass
• Setaria flavida
• Setaria geminata Egyptian Panicgrass
• Setaria italica Foxtail Bristle-grass
• Setaria palmifolia Palmgrass
• Setaria parviflora knotroot bristlegrass
• Setaria plicata
• Setaria pumila yellow foxtail
• Setaria punctata
• Setaria verticillata hooked bristle grass
• Setaria viridis Green Bristle Grass
• Sorghum bicolor Sorghum
• Sorghum halepense Johnson grass
• Sorghum nitidum
• Spinifex littoreus Ravan's Mustache
• Sporobolus capillaris
• Sporobolus coromandelianus
• Sporobolus diandrus tussock dropseed
• Sporobolus indicus smut grass
• Sporobolus maderaspatanus
• Sporobolus piliferus Barundi dropseed
• Sporobolus spicatus Spike Grass
• Sporobolus tenuissimus Tropical Dropseed
• Sporobolus virginicus seashore dropseed
• Sporobolus wallichii
• Stenotaphrum dimidiatum Pemba grass
• Themeda cymbaria
• Themeda quadrivalvis Grader Grass
• Themeda triandra Kangaroo Grass
• Trachys muricata
• Tragus mongolorum Indian Bur Grass
• Tragus racemosus European Bur-grass
• Tripogon bromoides
• Tripogon zeylanicus
• Trisetopsis aspera
• Triticum aestivum Bread Wheat
• Triticum turgidum Rivet Wheat
• Uniola paniculata sea oats
• Urochloa distachyos green summer grass
• Urochloa mutica Para Grass
• Urochloa nilagirica
• Urochloa panicoides Liverseed Grass
• Urochloa ramosa Browntop Millet
• Urochloa reptans Sprawling Signalgrass
• Urochloa semiundulata
• Urochloa setigera
• Zea mays Maize
• Zenkeria elegans
• Zenkeria stapfii
• Zoysia matrella Manila grass

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