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Genus of grasses
Hemarthria is a
genus of herbaceous plants in the
grass family. They occur in the tropical and subtropical
Old World, especially in
China and
Southeast Asia, with some species in
Africa,
Australia, and
Southern Europe.
[4] They may be known generally as jointgrasses.
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- Species
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Hemarthria altissima (Poir.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. - limpograss, African jointgrass, Batavian quick grass, halt grass -
China,
India,
Indochina,
Borneo,
Madagascar,
Mauritius,
Middle East,
Caucasus,
Africa,
Canary Islands,
Spain, Italy,
Greece; naturalized in parts of
North +
South America
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Hemarthria compressa (L.f.) R.Br. - whip grass -
China,
Japan,
Indian Subcontinent,
Indochina,
Borneo,
Afghanistan,
Iraq,
Comoros
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Hemarthria debilis Bor -
Thailand
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Hemarthria depressa Heuvel-
Laos,
Vietnam,
Thailand,
Malaysia
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Hemarthria hamiltoniana Steud. -
India,
Bangladesh
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Hemarthria longiflora (Hook.f.) A.Camus -
China,
Indian Subcontinent,
Indochina,
Borneo
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Hemarthria natans Stapf - eastern + south-central
Africa
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Hemarthria pratensis (Balansa) Clayton -
Thailand,
Vietnam,
New Guinea
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Hemarthria protensa Steud. -
Guangdong,
eastern Himalayas,
southeast Asia,
New Guinea
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Hemarthria sibirica (Gand.) Ohwi -
China,
Japan,
Korea,
Pakistan,
Russia (
Amur Oblast,
Primorye,
Khabarovsk)
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Hemarthria stolonifera Bor -
Thailand
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Hemarthria uncinata R.Br. - matgrass -
Western Australia
- formerly included
see
Coelorachis
Mnesithea
References