Thysanolaena latifolia(Roxb. ex Hornem.) Honda

tiger grass

WFO wfo-0000903716 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Thysanolaena latifolia, photographed by S.MORE
fig. a S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / 2021-12-08 / obs. 174733964
Thysanolaena latifolia, photographed by 葉子
fig. b 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 122725385
Thysanolaena latifolia, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. c Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 109744120
Thysanolaena latifolia, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. d Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 63161116
Thysanolaena latifolia, photographed by Augustin Soulard
fig. e Augustin Soulard, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 193810009
Thysanolaena latifolia, photographed by Augustin Soulard
fig. f Augustin Soulard, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163477504
Thysanolaena latifolia, photographed by Augustin Soulard
fig. g Augustin Soulard, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 183359112
Thysanolaena latifolia, photographed by Yj
fig. h Yj, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 129495232

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Native range 28 botanical countries

Regions where Thysanolaena latifolia is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Taiwan, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanTaiwanAssamBangladeshBorneoCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarNepalNew GuineaPakistanPhilippinesSri LankaSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnamWest Himalaya Andaman Is.Nicobar Is.
Native distribution of Thysanolaena latifolia, 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
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
New Guinea NWG
Nicobar Is. NCB
Pakistan PAK
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Taiwan TAI

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 19 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.

  • Agrostis maxima Roxb.
  • Arundo minutiflora Brongn.
  • Melica latifolia Roxb. ex Hornem.
  • Myriachaeta arundinacea Zoll. & Moritzi
  • Myriachaeta glauca Mor. ex Steud.
  • Neyraudia acarifera (Roxb. ex Hornem.) Conert
  • Panicum acariferum Trin.
  • Sporobolus gigas (Steud.) Miq.
  • Sporobolus scoparius J.Presl
  • Thysanolaena acarifera Arn. & Nees
  • Thysanolaena agrostis Nees
  • Thysanolaena assamensis Gand.
  • Thysanolaena birmanica Gand.
  • Thysanolaena malaccensis Gand.
  • Thysanolaena maxima (Roxb.) Kuntze
  • Thysanolaena maxima f. maxima
  • Thysanolaena sikkimensis Gand.
  • Vilfa gigas Steud.
  • Vilfa scoparia (J.Presl) Steud.

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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