Themeda quadrivalvis(L.) Kuntze

kangaroo grass

WFO wfo-0000903579 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Themeda quadrivalvis, photographed by bat (Maria Vorontsova)
fig. a bat (Maria Vorontsova), CC0 1.0 / 2016-04-09 / obs. 103605790
Themeda quadrivalvis, photographed by bat (Maria Vorontsova)
fig. b bat (Maria Vorontsova), CC0 1.0 / obs. 104486603
Themeda quadrivalvis, photographed by Augustin Soulard
fig. c Augustin Soulard, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201932182
Themeda quadrivalvis, photographed by Bethlea Bell
fig. d Bethlea Bell, CC0 1.0 / obs. 200132302
Themeda quadrivalvis, photographed by elawrey
fig. e elawrey, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 92555751
Themeda quadrivalvis, photographed by elawrey
fig. f elawrey, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 89880098
Themeda quadrivalvis, photographed by elawrey
fig. g elawrey, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 90011681
Themeda quadrivalvis, photographed by elawrey
fig. h elawrey, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 48440037

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Native range 9 botanical countries

Regions where Themeda quadrivalvis is native: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, West Himalaya AssamBangladeshEast HimalayaIndiaMyanmarNepalThailandWest Himalaya Andaman Is.
Native distribution of Themeda quadrivalvis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Assam ASS
Bangladesh BAN
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Thailand THA
West Himalaya WHM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 13 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Andropogon nutans L.
  • Andropogon quadrivalvis L.
  • Anthistiria ciliata L.f.
  • Anthistiria ciliata L.f.
  • Anthistiria scandens Roxb.
  • Anthistiria semiberbis Nees
  • Themeda chinensis (A.Camus) S.L.Chen & T.D.Zhuang
  • Themeda ciliata Hack.
  • Themeda ciliata subsp. chinensis A.Camus
  • Themeda dacruzii Birari
  • Themeda echinata A.Camus ex Keng
  • Themeda quadrivalvis var. quadrivalvis
  • Themeda yuanmounensis S.L.Chen & T.D.Zhuang

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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