Plant Details

Accepted name:: Themeda triandra Forssk. [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bettanchi hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bheemana handhi hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gantu kaasi hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pothaipullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rooigras	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
黄背草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
黄背草果	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
黄背草根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
黄背草苗	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 73 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Anthistiria ciliata Cav. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 291 (1824), pro syn.
Themeda australis (R.Br.) Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 420 (1919).
Themeda forskalii Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 659 (1889), nom. superfl.
Themeda imberbis (Retz.) T.Cooke Fl. Bombay 2: 993 (1908).
Themeda triandra var. japonica (Andersson) Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 213 (1912).
Andropogon ciliatus Thunb. in J.A.Murray (ed.), Syst. Veg., ed. 14.: 903 (1784).
Andropogon tenuipedicellatus Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 393 (1854).
Anthistiria argentea Nees Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 127 (1841).
Anthistiria arguens f. japonica Andersson Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal., ser. 3, 2: 236 (1856).
Anthistiria arguens var. japonica (Andersson) Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 290 (1866).
Anthistiria australis R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 200 (1810).
Anthistiria barbata Desf. Observ. Phys. 40: 294 (1792).
Anthistiria brachyantha Boiss. Diagn. Pl. Orient. 13: 71 (1854).
Anthistiria caespitosa Andersson Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal., ser. 3, 2: 241 (1856).
Anthistiria ciliata var. brachyantha (Boiss.) Boiss. Fl. Orient. 5: 460 (1884).
Anthistiria ciliata var. burchellii (Hack.) Hack. Bol. Soc. Brot. 3: 139 (1885).
Anthistiria ciliata var. mollicoma Nees Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 121 (1841).
Anthistiria ciliata var. syriaca (Boiss.) Boiss. Fl. Orient. 5: 460 (1884).
Anthistiria cuspidata Andersson Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal., ser. 3, 2: 242 (1856).
Anthistiria depauperata Andersson Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal., ser. 3, 2: 243 (1856).
Anthistiria desfontainii Kunth Révis. Gramin. 1: 161 (1829), nom. superfl.
Anthistiria forskalii Kunth Révis. Gramin. 1: 162 (1829), nom. superfl.
Anthistiria glauca Desf. Fl. Atlant. 2: 380 (1799), nom. superfl.
Anthistiria imberbis Retz. Observ. Bot. 3: 11 (1783).
Anthistiria imberbis var. argentea (Nees) Stapf in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 7: 367 (1898).
Anthistiria imberbis var. burchellii (Hack.) Stapf in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 7: 367 (1898).
Anthistiria imberbis var. mollicoma (Nees) Stapf in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 7: 367 (1898).
Anthistiria imberbis var. roylei Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 7: 213 (1896).
Anthistiria imberbis var. vulgaris (Hack.) Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 7: 213 (1896).
Anthistiria japonica Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 901 (1806), nom. superfl.
Anthistiria paleacea (Poir.) Ball J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 734 (1878).
Anthistiria polystachya Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1: 252 (1820).
Anthistiria puberula Andersson Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal., ser. 3, 2: 240 (1856).
Anthistiria punctata Hochst. ex A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 448 (1850).
Anthistiria subglabra Buse in F.A.W.Miquel, Pl. Jungh., prepr.: 23 (1854).
Anthistiria syriaca Boiss. Diagn. Pl. Orient. 13: 72 (1854).
Anthistiria vulgaris Hack. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 2(2): 29 (1887).
Apluda barbata Llanos Mem. Real Acad. Ci. Exact. Madrid 4: 497 (1858).
Apluda imberbis Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 251 (1840), pro syn.
Calamina imberbis (Retz.) P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr.: 129 (1812).
Stipa arguens Houtt. Linn. Pfl. Syst. 12: 455 (1785), sensu auct.
Stipa paleacea Poir. Voy. Barbarie 2: 101 (1789).
Themeda barbata (Desf.) Veldkamp J. Jap. Bot. 90: 294 (2015).
Themeda barbinodis B.S.Sun & S.Wang J. Yunnan Univ. (Nat. Sci. Ed.) 21: 96 (1999).
Themeda brachyantha (Boiss.) Trab. in J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie, Monocot.: 129 (1895).
Themeda forskalii var. argentea (Nees) Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 661 (1889).
Themeda forskalii var. burchellii Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 661 (1889).
Themeda forskalii var. glauca Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 663 (1889).
Themeda forskalii var. imberbis (Retz.) Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 660 (1889).
Themeda forskalii subvar. japonica (Andersson) Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 662 (1889).
Themeda forskalii var. major Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 660 (1889).
Themeda forskalii var. mollissima Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 661 (1889), orth. var.
Themeda forskalii var. paleacea (Poir.) T.Durand & Schinz Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 731 (1894).
Themeda forskalii subvar. subglobosa Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 662 (1889).
Themeda forskalii var. vulgaris (Hack.) Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 660 (1889), not validly publ.
Themeda glauca Trab. in J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie, Monocot.: 128 (1895), nom. superfl.
Themeda japonica (Andersson) Tanaka Bult. Sci. Fak. Terk. Kjusu Imp. Univ. 1(4): 194, 207 (1925).
Themeda japonica var. viridiflora Honda J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 3: 350 (1930).
Themeda polygama J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis].: 149 (1791), nom. superfl.
Themeda triandra var. brachyantha (Boiss.) Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 663 (1889).
Themeda triandra var. bracteosa Peter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1 Anh.): 17 (1930).
Themeda triandra var. burchellii (Hack.) Domin Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 280 (1915).
Themeda triandra var. glauca (Hack.) Thell. Fl. Adv. Montpellier: 75 (1912).
Themeda triandra var. hispida Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 418 (1919).
Themeda triandra var. imberbis (Retz.) Hack. Proc. Rhodesia Sci. Assoc. 7(2): 63 (1908).
Themeda triandra subvar. japonica (Andersson) Rendle J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 378 (1904).
Themeda triandra subsp. japonica (Andersson) T.Koyama Grass. Japan: 532 (1987).
Themeda triandra var. punctata (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 419 (1919).
Themeda triandra var. sublaevigata Chiov. Webbia 8: 61 (1951).
Themeda triandra var. syriaca (Boiss.) Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 663 (1889).
Themeda triandra var. trachyspathea Gooss. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1934: 195 (1934).
Themeda triandra var. vulgaris (Hack.) Domin Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 278 (1915).
Themeda unica S.L.Chen & T.D.Zhuang Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 9(2): 56 (1989).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Anthistiria ciliata	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Themeda australis	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Themeda forsklii	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Themeda imberbis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Themeda imberbis Cooke	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Themeda triandra	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Themeda triandra Forsk. Var. japonica (Willd. ) Makino	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Themeda triandra Forsk. var. japonica (Willd.) Makino	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Themeda triandra Forskal	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Themeda triandra Forssk.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Themedatriandra Forsk var. Japonica (Willd.) Makino	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Themedatriandra Forsk. var. Japonica (Willd.) Makino	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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