Cymbopogon, also known as lemongrass, barbed wire grass, silky heads, oily heads, Cochin grass, Malabar grass, citronella grass or fever grass, is a genus of Asian, African, Australian, and tropical island plants in the grass family. Some species are commonly cultivated as culinary and medicinal herbs because of their scent, resembling that of lemons . The name cymbopogon derives from the Greek words kymbe and pogon "which mean [that] in most species, the hairy spikelets project from boat-shaped spathes." Lemongrass and its oil are believed to possess therapeutic properties.
Pennisetum is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to tropical and warm temperate regions of the world. They are known commonly as fountaingrasses. Pennisetum is considered a synonym of Cenchrus in Kew's Plants of the World Online.
Cynodon is a genus of plants in the grass family. It is native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Old World, as well as being cultivated and naturalized in the New World and on many oceanic islands.
Tragia is a genus of flowering plants in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. It is widespread across North and South America, Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, the Indian Subcontinent, northern Australia, and to various islands in the Caribbean and in the Indian Ocean.
Cenchrus is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. Its species are native to many countries in Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas, and various oceanic islands.
Plumbago is a genus of 23 species of flowering plants in the family Plumbaginaceae, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the world. Common names include plumbago and leadwort.
Orthosiphon is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae native to Africa, Southern Asia and Queensland, with one species (O. americanus) in Colombia. They are herbaceous shrubs which grow to a height of 1.5 m (5 ft). Some Orthosiphon species are popular garden plants because of their flowers, which are white and bluish with filaments resembling a cat's whiskers. In the wild, the plants can be seen growing in forests and along roadsides.
Cyanotis is a genus of mainly perennial plants in the family Commelinaceae, first described in 1825. Species of the genus are native to Africa, southern Asia, and northern Australia.
Melhania is a genus of small shrubs or herbaceous plants. Traditionally included in the family Sterculiaceae, it is included in the expanded Malvaceae in the APG and most subsequent systematics. The genus is named for Mount Melhan in Yemen.
Lepturus is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to Asia, Africa, Australia, and various islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Premna is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described for modern science in 1771. It is widespread through tropical and subtropical regions in Africa, southern Asia, northern Australia, and various islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
- Premna acuminataR.Br. - Australia, New Guinea
- Premna acutataW.W.Sm. - southwestern China
- Premna albaH.J.Lam - Palau
- Premna ambongensisMoldenke - Madagascar
- Premna amplectensWall. ex Schauer - Thailand, Myanmar
- Premna angolensisGürke - tropical Africa
- Premna angustifloraH.J.Lam - Palau
- Premna annulataH.R.Fletcher - Thailand, Laos, Vietnam
- Premna aureolepidotaMoldenke - Madagascar
- Premna balakrishnaniiA.Rajendran & P.Daniel - Tamil Nadu
- Premna balansaeDop - Vietnam
- Premna barbataWall. ex Schauer - Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar
- Premna bengalensisC.B.Clarke - Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar, Vietnam
- Premna bequaertiiMoldenke - Uganda, Rwanda, Zaïre
- Premna bracteataWall. ex C.B.Clarke - Himalayas, Tibet, Yunnan, Nepal, Assam, Bhutan, Myanmar
- Premna cambodianaDop - Cambodia, Vietnam
- Premna cavalerieiH.Lév - China
- Premna chevalieriDop - Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China
- Premna chrysoclada(Bojer) Gürke - Kenya, Tanzania, Guinea-Bissau
- Premna collinsaeCraib - Thailand
- Premna confinisC.Pei & S.L.Chen ex C.Y.Wu - China
- Premna congolensisMoldenke - Zaïre, Angola, Cabinda
- Premna cordifoliaRoxb. - Thailand, Vietnam, Malaya
- Premna coriaceaC.B.Clarke - Indian Subcontinent, Thailand, Andaman Islands
- Premna corymbosaRottler - India, Sri Lanka, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
- Premna crassaHand.-Mazz. - Vietnam, China
- Premna debianaA.Rajendran & P.Daniel - Arunachal Pradesh
- Premna decaryiMoldenke - Madagascar
- Premna decurrensH.J.Lam - Indonesia
- Premna discolorVerdc. - Kenya
- Premna dubiaCraib - Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
- Premna esculentaRoxb. - Assam, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand
- Premna fohaiensisC.Pei & S.L.Chen ex C.Y.Wu - China (Yunnan)
- Premna fordiiDunn - China
- Premna fulvaCraib - Indochina, Indonesia, China
- Premna garrettiiH.R.Fletcher - Thailand
- Premna glaberrimaWight - southern India
- Premna glandulosaHand.-Mazz. - China (Yunnan)
- Premna gracillimaVerdc. - Kenya, Tanzania
- Premna grandifoliaA.D.J. Meeuse, illegitimate name, = Premna hutchinsonii
- Premna grossaWall. ex Schauer - Myanmar
- Premna guillauminiiMoldenke - New Caledonia
- Premna hainanensisChun & F.C.How - China (Hainan)
- Premna hans-joachimiiVerdc. - Tanzania
- Premna henryana(Hand.-Mazz.) C.Y.Wu - China
- Premna herbaceaRoxb. - Himalayas, Yunnan, Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, New Guinea, northern Australia
- Premna hildebrandtiiGürke - Zaire, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
- Premna hispidaBenth. - West Africa
- Premna humbertiiMoldenke - Madagascar
- Premna hutchinsoniiMoldenke - Ivory Coast
- Premna interruptaWall. ex Schauer - southern China, Himalayas, Indochina
- Premna jalpaigurianaT.K.Paul - West Bengal
- Premna khasianaC.B.Clarke - Assam, Thailand
- Premna lepidellaMoldenke - Madagascar
- Premna ligustroidesHemsl - China
- Premna longiacuminataMoldenke - Madagascar
- Premna longifoliaRoxb. - Himalayas
- Premna longipetiolataMoldenke - Madagascar
- Premna lucensA.Chev. - West Africa
- Premna macrophyllaWall. ex Schauer - Assam, Indochina
- Premna madagascariensisMoldenke - Madagascar
- Premna mariannarumSchauer - Mariana Islands
- Premna matadiensisMoldenke - Zaïre, Angola
- Premna maximaT.C.E. Fr. - Kenya
- Premna mekongensisW.W.Sm. - China (Yunnan)
- Premna micranthaSchauer - India, Assam, Bangladesh
- Premna microphyllaTurcz. - Japan, Ryukyu Islands, China
- Premna millefloraC.B.Clarke - Assam
- Premna milneiBaker - Nigeria, Bioko
- Premna minorDomin - Queensland
- Premna mollissimaRoth - Indian Subcontinent, Yunnan, Indochina, Philippines
- Premna mooiensis(H.Pearson) W.Piep - Mozambique, Eswatini, South Africa
- Premna mortehaniiDe Wild - Zaïre
- Premna mundanthuraiensisA.Rajendran & P.Daniel - Tamil Nadu
- Premna neurophyllaChiov. - Ethiopia
- Premna oblongataMiq. - Indonesia, Philippines
- Premna odorataBlanco - - Indian Subcontinent, Yunnan, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, northern Australia; naturalized in Miami-Dade County in Florida
- Premna oliganthaC.Y.Wu - China
- Premna oligotrichaBaker - Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania
- Premna orangeanaCapuron - Madagascar
- Premna paisehensisC.Pei & S.L.Chen - China (Guangxi)
- Premna pallescensRidl.- Borneo, Indonesia
- Premna parasiticaBlume - Indonesia
- Premna parvilimbaC.Pei - China (Yunnan)
- Premna paucinervis(C.B.Clarke) Gamble - Kerala, Tamil Nadu
- Premna paulobarbataH.J.Lam - Mariana Islands
- Premna perplexansMoldenke - Madagascar
- Premna perrieriMoldenke - Madagascar
- Premna pinguisC.B.Clarke - Assam, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Java
- Premna politaHiern - Angola
- Premna procumbensMoon - India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
- Premna protrusaA.C.Sm. & S.Darwin - Fiji
- Premna puberulaPamp. - China
- Premna pubescensBlume - Indonesia, Philippines, Christmas Island
- Premna puerensisY.Y.Qian - China (Yunnan)
- Premna punduanaWall. ex Schauer - Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bangladesh
- Premna puniceaC.Y.Wu - China (Yunnan)
- Premna purpurascensThwaites - Sri Lanka
- Premna quadrifoliaSchumach. & Thonn. - West Africa
- Premna rabakensisMoldenke - Cambodia
- Premna regularisH.J.Lam - Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea
- Premna repensH.R.Fletcher - Thailand
- Premna resinosa(Hochst.) Schauer - East Africa, Arabian Peninsula, India
- Premna richardsiaeMoldenke - Tanzania
- Premna rubroglandulosaC.Y.Wu - China (Yunnan)
- Premna scandensRoxb. - China (Yunnan), Himalayas, Andaman Island, Indochina
- Premna schimperiEngl - East Africa
- Premna schliebeniiWerderm. - Tanzania, Mozambique
- Premna scoriarumW.W.Sm. - Tibet, Yunnan, Myanmar
- Premna senensisKlotzsch - eastern + central Africa
- Premna serrataH.R.Fletcher - Thailand
- Premna serratifoliaL. - widespread in East Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, northern Australia, islands of Pacific + Indian Oceans
- Premna siamensisH.R.Fletcher - Thailand
- Premna stenobotrysMerr. - Vietnam
- Premna steppicolaHand.-Mazz. - China
- †Premna sterculiifoliaKing & Gamble - Malaya but extinct
- Premna straminicaulisC.Y.Wu - China (Yunnan)
- Premna subcapitataRehder - China
- Premna sulphurea(Baker) Gürke - Angola
- Premna sunyiensisC.Pei - China (Guangdong)
- Premna szemaoensisPei - China (Yunnan)
- Premna tahitensisJ.Schauer - many islands of the Pacific
- Premna tanganyikensisMoldenke - Tanzania, Mozambique
- Premna tapintzeanaDop - China (Yunnan)
- Premna teniiC.Pei - China (Yunnan)
- Premna thoreliiDop - Laos
- Premna thwaitesiiC.B.Clarke - Sri Lanka
- Premna tomentosaWilld. - Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Queensland, Solomon Islands
- Premna trichostomaMiq. - Southeast Asia, Indonesia, New Guinea
- Premna urticifoliaRehder - China (Yunnan)
- Premna velutinaGürke - Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique
- Premna venulosaMoldenke - Madagascar
- Premna wightianaSchauer - India, Sri Lanka
- Premna wuiBoufford & B.M.Barthol. - China (Yunnan)
- Premna yunnanensisW.W.Sm - China
Eleusine is a genus of Asian, African, and South American plants in the grass family, sometimes called by the common name goosegrass. One species, Eleusine indica, is a widespread weed in many places. Another species, Eleusine coracana, is finger millet, cultivated as a cereal grain in India and parts of Africa.
Themeda is a genus of plants in the grass family native to Asia, Africa, Australia, and Papuasia. There are about 18 to 26 species, many of which are native to Southeast Asia.
Acrachne is a genus of Asian, African, and Australian plants in the grass family. Species in the genus are commonly known as goosegrass.
Sclerodactylon is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to eastern Africa and to various islands in the Indian Ocean.
Stenotaphrum is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family.
Enteropogon is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. It is widespread across many parts of Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas, and various islands.
Digera muricata is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. It is the sole species in genus Digera. It is an annual native to parts of Africa and Asia, ranging from Egypt to Tanzania in eastern Africa, and to Madagascar, the Arabian Peninsula, Afghanistan, the Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar, southeastern China, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and the Maluku Islands.
Eragrostis ciliaris, the gophertail lovegrass, is a species of grass. It is native to the Old World Tropics; nearly all of Africa, Madagascar, other Indian Ocean islands, the Arabian Peninsula, the Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar, Vietnam, Taiwan and the Philippines and a number of Pacific islands, and has been introduced to the New World Tropics and Subtropics, from the southern United States to Argentina, the Caribbean, and other Pacific islands. Its seeds are edible and nutritious, but quite small and difficult to harvest and handle, so it is usually regarded as a famine food.
