Themeda quadrivalvis

TaxID: 167343

Basic Information

Themeda quadrivalvis

Habana grass, Kangaroo Grass

Themeda quadrivalvis is a species of grass known by the common names grader grass, habana grass, and kangaroo grass, (not to be confused with Themeda triandra, which is also known as kangaroo grass). It is native to India, Nepal, and Malaysia. It can also be found in many other places as an introduced species and often a noxious weed. It occurs in the United States, New Caledonia, Fiji, Mauritius, Thailand, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, China, the Middle East and tropical America. It is a troublesome exotic weed in Australia, especially in northern regions. It is also an agricultural weed in crops such as sugar cane and lucerne.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Poales

Poaceae

Themeda

quadrivalvis

nan

Photos (5 photos)

Themeda quadrivalvis
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(c) Solofo Eric Rakotoarisoa@BY-NC
Themeda quadrivalvis
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(c) Harry Rose@BY
Themeda quadrivalvis
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(c) laurelrf@BY-NC
Themeda quadrivalvis
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(c) Harry Rose@BY
Themeda quadrivalvis
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(c) Bill & Mark Bell@BY-NC-SA

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (2 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Chile A1 list 2024
Mexico Quarantine pests 2018

Distribution (23 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Argentina Present —
Australia Present —
Bangladesh Present —
China Present —
Dominican Republic Present —
France Present —
Haiti Present —
Indonesia Present —
India Present —
Jamaica Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (5 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
GENG1401-15 - rbcL 579 India 2015-10-08 22.83653, 73.55701
GENG1377-15 - rbcL 580 India 2015-09-18 20.783, 73.42
GENG1019-15 - rbcL 565 India 2014-11-05 20.492, 73.346
GBITS45074-21 - ITS 579 Bangladesh - -
GBITS45073-21 - ITS 599 Madagascar - -

Literature