Sehima

Sehima
Sehima nervosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Andropogonodae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Genus: Sehima
Forssk.
Type species
Sehima ischaemoides
Synonyms
  • Hologamium Nees

Sehima is a genus of mostly Asian and African plants in the grass family.

The generic name is derived from the Arabic سحيم sæḥīm ('black'), local name of the type species in its native Yemen.

Species
formerly included

see Andropogon Andropterum Eremochloa Ischaemum Pogonachne Thelepogon Triplopogon