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Grasses and sedges of Somalia: all 475 species on record (part 3 of 3)

GBIF holds records of 475 grass and sedge species from Somalia: 367 grasses (Poaceae) and 108 sedges (Cyperaceae).

Last checked 2026-11-13 161 sources Reading time: 11 min Part of Grasses and sedges of Somalia

Part 3 of 3 of Grasses and sedges of Somalia: all 475 species on record. Sources are listed on part 1.

This list is in 3 parts: 1 · 2 · 3

Full list (475 species)

Name Scientific name Family Red List Records in Somalia
Thatching Grass Hyparrhenia hirta Poaceae NE 48
Hyparrhenia papillipes Hyparrhenia papillipes Poaceae NE 1
Hyparrhenia pilgeriana Hyparrhenia pilgeriana Poaceae NE 24
Ischaemum afrum Ischaemum afrum Poaceae NE 15
Lasiurus scindicus Lasiurus scindicus Poaceae NE 17
Southern Cutgrass Leersia hexandra Poaceae LC 2
Leptochloa anisopoda Leptochloa anisopoda Poaceae NE 2
Leptothrium inerme Leptothrium inerme Poaceae NE 3
Leptothrium senegalense Leptothrium senegalense Poaceae NE 98
Loudetia arundinacea Loudetia arundinacea Poaceae NE 21
Pointed Russet Grass Loudetia flavida Poaceae NE 8
Loudetia migiurtina Loudetia migiurtina Poaceae NE 1
Megathyrsus infestus Megathyrsus infestus Poaceae NE 10
Guinea grass Megathyrsus maximus Poaceae NE 38
Melanocenchris abyssinica Melanocenchris abyssinica Poaceae NE 1
Natal red top, Rose Natal grass, Natal grass, Blanketgrass, Holme's grass, Red Natal grass, Ruby grass Melinis repens Poaceae NE 18
Microchloa indica Microchloa indica Poaceae NE 1
Kunth's smallgrass Microchloa kunthii Poaceae NE 7
sweet signal grass Moorochloa eruciformis Poaceae LC 9
Prickly Brack Grass Odyssea paucinervis Poaceae NE 1
Dwarf Grass Oropetium capense Poaceae NE 19
Oropetium minimum Oropetium minimum Poaceae NE 15
Oropetium thomaeum Oropetium thomaeum Poaceae NE 3
red rice Oryza longistaminata Poaceae LC 2
red rice Oryza punctata Poaceae LC 5
Rice Oryza sativa Poaceae NE 2
Panicum atrosanguineum Panicum atrosanguineum Poaceae NE 7
Klein grass Panicum coloratum Poaceae NE 127
Panicum geminatum Panicum geminatum Poaceae NE 1
Panicum hippothrix Panicum hippothrix Poaceae LC 1
Panicum humile Panicum humile Poaceae LC 1
Panicum hygrocharis Panicum hygrocharis Poaceae NE 3
Panicum infestum Panicum infestum Poaceae NE 2
Panicum laticomum Panicum laticomum Poaceae NE 1
Panicum massaiense Panicum massaiense Poaceae NE 1
Panicum maximum Panicum maximum Poaceae NE 1
Panicum pinifolium Panicum pinifolium Poaceae VU 40
Panicum poioides Panicum poioides Poaceae NE 1
Torpedo Grass Panicum repens Poaceae LC 3
Panicum ruspolii Panicum ruspolii Poaceae LC 2
elbow buffalo grass Panicum subalbidum Poaceae LC 1
desert grass Panicum turgidum Poaceae NE 42
Decumbent Crowngrass Paspalum decumbens Poaceae NE 7
Seashore Paspalum Paspalum vaginatum Poaceae LC 9
Perotis acanthoneuron Perotis acanthoneuron Poaceae NE 3
Perotis hildebrandtii Perotis hildebrandtii Poaceae NE 6
Purple Spike Grass Perotis patens Poaceae NE 4
Perotis somalensis Perotis somalensis Poaceae NE 4
Perotis vaginata Perotis vaginata Poaceae NE 1
Common Reed Phragmites australis Poaceae LC 11
tropical reed Phragmites karka Poaceae LC 5
Poa leptoclada Poa leptoclada Poaceae NE 3
Asia minor bluegrass Polypogon fugax Poaceae NE 14
beard grass Polypogon fugax Poaceae NE 2
Annual Beard-grass Polypogon monspeliensis Poaceae LC 3
Water Bent Polypogon viridis Poaceae LC 9
Pseudoroegneria reflexiaristata Pseudoroegneria reflexiaristata Poaceae NE 1
Pseudozoysia sessilis Pseudozoysia sessilis Poaceae NE 4
Itchgrass Rottboellia cochinchinensis Poaceae NE 19
Wild Sugarcane Saccharum spontaneum Poaceae LC 2
Sarga purpureosericea Sarga purpureosericea Poaceae LC 9
Sarga versicolor Sarga versicolor Poaceae NE 1
Kalahari Sand Quick Schmidtia pappophoroides Poaceae NE 2
Schoenefeldia transiens Schoenefeldia transiens Poaceae NE 21
Sehima ischaemoides Sehima ischaemoides Poaceae NE 6
rat-tail grass Sehima nervosa Poaceae NE 14
Setaria desertorum Setaria desertorum Poaceae NE 46
Egyptian Panicgrass Setaria geminata Poaceae LC 16
Vlei Bristlegrass Setaria incrassata Poaceae NE 6
Setaria kagerensis Setaria kagerensis Poaceae NE 2
Bigleaf Bristlegrass Setaria megaphylla Poaceae NE 2
Black bristlegrass Setaria nigrirostris Poaceae NE 12
Setaria orthosticha Setaria orthosticha Poaceae NE 1
Setaria poiretiana Setaria poiretiana Poaceae NE 1
Yellow Bristle-grass Setaria pumila Poaceae NE 2
Setaria sagittifolia Setaria sagittifolia Poaceae NE 2
African bristlegrass Setaria sphacelata Poaceae LC 6
Rough Bristle-grass Setaria verticillata Poaceae NE 39
Indian Grass Sorghastrum nutans Poaceae NE 1
Sorghum Sorghum arundinaceum Poaceae LC 64
Great Millet Sorghum bicolor Poaceae NE 1784
Sudangrass Sorghum drummondii Poaceae NE 4
Sorghum virgatum Sorghum virgatum Poaceae LC 3
African Dropseed Sporobolus africanus Poaceae NE 2
Sporobolus agrostoides Sporobolus agrostoides Poaceae NE 12
Sporobolus airiformis Sporobolus airiformis Poaceae NE 7
Sporobolus angustifolius Sporobolus angustifolius Poaceae NE 1
Sporobolus brockmanii Sporobolus brockmanii Poaceae NE 26
Sporobolus compactus Sporobolus compactus Poaceae NE 17
Sporobolus confinis Sporobolus confinis Poaceae NE 3
Sporobolus consimilis Sporobolus consimilis Poaceae LC 16
Madagascar Dropseed Sporobolus coromandelianus Poaceae NE 3
Red Dropseed Sporobolus festivus Poaceae NE 6
Fringed dropseed Sporobolus fimbriatus Poaceae NE 5
Sporobolus helvolus Sporobolus helvolus Poaceae NE 92
pan dropseed Sporobolus ioclados Poaceae NE 70
Sporobolus minimus Sporobolus minimus Poaceae NE 4
Sporobolus minutus Sporobolus minutus Poaceae NE 9
Sporobolus nervosus Sporobolus nervosus Poaceae NE 34
Famine Grass Sporobolus panicoides Poaceae NE 8
Sporobolus pellucidus Sporobolus pellucidus Poaceae NE 25
West Indian dropseed Sporobolus pyramidalis Poaceae NE 4
Sporobolus robustus Sporobolus robustus Poaceae NE 3
Sporobolus ruspolianus Sporobolus ruspolianus Poaceae NE 103
Sporobolus scitulus Sporobolus scitulus Poaceae EN 1
Sporobolus somalensis Sporobolus somalensis Poaceae NE 34
Salt grass Sporobolus spicatus Poaceae NE 50
Tropical Dropseed Sporobolus tenuissimus Poaceae NE 1
Sporobolus tourneuxii Sporobolus tourneuxii Poaceae LC 13
Seashore Dropseed Sporobolus virginicus Poaceae LC 4
Stipa dregeana Stipa dregeana Poaceae NE 1
Stipa keniensis Stipa keniensis Poaceae NE 9
Stipagrostis acutiflora Stipagrostis acutiflora Poaceae NE 1
Stipagrostis hirtigluma Stipagrostis hirtigluma Poaceae NE 31
Stipagrostis paradisea Stipagrostis paradisea Poaceae NE 7
Desert grass Stipagrostis plumosa Poaceae NE 4
Silky Bushman Grass Stipagrostis uniplumis Poaceae NE 24
Stipagrostis xylosa Stipagrostis xylosa Poaceae NE 8
Taeniorhachis repens Taeniorhachis repens Poaceae NE 2
Tetrachaete elionuroides Tetrachaete elionuroides Poaceae NE 25
Tetrapogon cenchriformis Tetrapogon cenchriformis Poaceae NE 47
Tetrapogon ferrugineus Tetrapogon ferrugineus Poaceae NE 2
Tetrapogon roxburghiana Tetrapogon roxburghiana Poaceae NE 41
Tetrapogon tenellus Tetrapogon tenellus Poaceae NE 66
Tetrapogon villosus Tetrapogon villosus Poaceae NE 61
Thelepogon elegans Thelepogon elegans Poaceae NE 1
red grass Themeda triandra Poaceae NE 45
African Bur-grass Tragus berteronianus Poaceae NE 19
Kenya bur grass Tragus heptaneuron Poaceae NE 1
European Bur-grass Tragus racemosus Poaceae NE 11
Tricholaena teneriffae Tricholaena teneriffae Poaceae NE 45
Trichoneura mollis Trichoneura mollis Poaceae NE 2
Trigonochloa rupestris Trigonochloa rupestris Poaceae NE 8
Italian sugarcane Tripidium ravennae Poaceae LC 21
Tripogon curvatus Tripogon curvatus Poaceae NE 4
Tripogon leptophyllus Tripogon leptophyllus Poaceae NE 1
Tripogon subtilissimus Tripogon subtilissimus Poaceae NE 34
Tripogonella minima Tripogonella minima Poaceae NE 2
Trisetopsis elongata Trisetopsis elongata Poaceae NE 2
Bread Wheat Triticum aestivum Poaceae NE 1
Urochloa arida Urochloa arida Poaceae NE 3
Urochloa comata Urochloa comata Poaceae NE 1
Deflexed Brachiaria Urochloa deflexa Poaceae NE 22
Creeping False Paspalum Urochloa dictyoneura Poaceae NE 1
Urochloa lachnantha Urochloa lachnantha Poaceae NE 15
Urochloa leersioides Urochloa leersioides Poaceae NE 21
Para grass, Mauritius signal grass, Scotch grass, California grass, Water grass, Dutch grass, Buffalo grass, Carib grass Urochloa mutica Poaceae LC 1
Urochloa oligotricha Urochloa oligotricha Poaceae NE 1
Urochloa ovalis Urochloa ovalis Poaceae NE 32
Sharp-flowered Signal-grass Urochloa panicoides Poaceae LC 52
Plantain Signalgrass Urochloa plantaginea Poaceae NE 1
Dixie Signalgrass Urochloa ramosa Poaceae LC 7
Creeping Panic Grass, Running Grass, Sprawling Signal Grass Urochloa reptans Poaceae LC 21
Urochloa rudis Urochloa rudis Poaceae NE 32
Red Top Grass Urochloa serrata Poaceae NE 4
African liverseed grass Urochloa trichopus Poaceae NE 8
Urochloa xantholeuca Urochloa xantholeuca Poaceae NE 13
Urochondra setulosa Urochondra setulosa Poaceae NE 32
hippo grass Vossia cuspidata Poaceae LC 4
Zaqiqah mucronata Zaqiqah mucronata Poaceae NE 22
Maize Zea mays Poaceae LC 31

This list is in 3 parts: 1 · 2 · 3

Sources

  1. Thatching Grass · gbif.org
  2. Hyparrhenia papillipes · gbif.org
  3. Hyparrhenia pilgeriana · gbif.org
  4. Ischaemum afrum · gbif.org
  5. Lasiurus scindicus · gbif.org
  6. Southern Cutgrass · gbif.org
  7. Leptochloa anisopoda · gbif.org
  8. Leptothrium inerme · gbif.org
  9. Leptothrium senegalense · gbif.org
  10. Loudetia arundinacea · gbif.org
  11. Pointed Russet Grass · gbif.org
  12. Loudetia migiurtina · gbif.org
  13. Megathyrsus infestus · gbif.org
  14. Guinea grass · gbif.org
  15. Melanocenchris abyssinica · gbif.org
  16. Natal red top, Rose Natal grass, Natal grass, Blanketgrass, Holme's grass, Red Natal grass, Ruby grass · gbif.org
  17. Microchloa indica · gbif.org
  18. Kunth's smallgrass · gbif.org
  19. sweet signal grass · gbif.org
  20. Prickly Brack Grass · gbif.org
  21. Dwarf Grass · gbif.org
  22. Oropetium minimum · gbif.org
  23. Oropetium thomaeum · gbif.org
  24. red rice · gbif.org
  25. red rice · gbif.org
  26. Rice · gbif.org
  27. Panicum atrosanguineum · gbif.org
  28. Klein grass · gbif.org
  29. Panicum geminatum · gbif.org
  30. Panicum hippothrix · gbif.org
  31. Panicum humile · gbif.org
  32. Panicum hygrocharis · gbif.org
  33. Panicum infestum · gbif.org
  34. Panicum laticomum · gbif.org
  35. Panicum massaiense · gbif.org
  36. Panicum maximum · gbif.org
  37. Panicum pinifolium · gbif.org
  38. Panicum poioides · gbif.org
  39. Torpedo Grass · gbif.org
  40. Panicum ruspolii · gbif.org
  41. elbow buffalo grass · gbif.org
  42. desert grass · gbif.org
  43. Decumbent Crowngrass · gbif.org
  44. Seashore Paspalum · gbif.org
  45. Perotis acanthoneuron · gbif.org
  46. Perotis hildebrandtii · gbif.org
  47. Purple Spike Grass · gbif.org
  48. Perotis somalensis · gbif.org
  49. Perotis vaginata · gbif.org
  50. Common Reed · gbif.org
  51. tropical reed · gbif.org
  52. Poa leptoclada · gbif.org
  53. Asia minor bluegrass · gbif.org
  54. beard grass · gbif.org
  55. Annual Beard-grass · gbif.org
  56. Water Bent · gbif.org
  57. Pseudoroegneria reflexiaristata · gbif.org
  58. Pseudozoysia sessilis · gbif.org
  59. Itchgrass · gbif.org
  60. Wild Sugarcane · gbif.org
  61. Sarga purpureosericea · gbif.org
  62. Sarga versicolor · gbif.org
  63. Kalahari Sand Quick · gbif.org
  64. Schoenefeldia transiens · gbif.org
  65. Sehima ischaemoides · gbif.org
  66. rat-tail grass · gbif.org
  67. Setaria desertorum · gbif.org
  68. Egyptian Panicgrass · gbif.org
  69. Vlei Bristlegrass · gbif.org
  70. Setaria kagerensis · gbif.org
  71. Bigleaf Bristlegrass · gbif.org
  72. Black bristlegrass · gbif.org
  73. Setaria orthosticha · gbif.org
  74. Setaria poiretiana · gbif.org
  75. Yellow Bristle-grass · gbif.org
  76. Setaria sagittifolia · gbif.org
  77. African bristlegrass · gbif.org
  78. Rough Bristle-grass · gbif.org
  79. Indian Grass · gbif.org
  80. Sorghum · gbif.org
  81. Great Millet · gbif.org
  82. Sudangrass · gbif.org
  83. Sorghum virgatum · gbif.org
  84. African Dropseed · gbif.org
  85. Sporobolus agrostoides · gbif.org
  86. Sporobolus airiformis · gbif.org
  87. Sporobolus angustifolius · gbif.org
  88. Sporobolus brockmanii · gbif.org
  89. Sporobolus compactus · gbif.org
  90. Sporobolus confinis · gbif.org
  91. Sporobolus consimilis · gbif.org
  92. Madagascar Dropseed · gbif.org
  93. Red Dropseed · gbif.org
  94. Fringed dropseed · gbif.org
  95. Sporobolus helvolus · gbif.org
  96. pan dropseed · gbif.org
  97. Sporobolus minimus · gbif.org
  98. Sporobolus minutus · gbif.org
  99. Sporobolus nervosus · gbif.org
  100. Famine Grass · gbif.org
  101. Sporobolus pellucidus · gbif.org
  102. West Indian dropseed · gbif.org
  103. Sporobolus robustus · gbif.org
  104. Sporobolus ruspolianus · gbif.org
  105. Sporobolus scitulus · gbif.org
  106. Sporobolus somalensis · gbif.org
  107. Salt grass · gbif.org
  108. Tropical Dropseed · gbif.org
  109. Sporobolus tourneuxii · gbif.org
  110. Seashore Dropseed · gbif.org
  111. Stipa dregeana · gbif.org
  112. Stipa keniensis · gbif.org
  113. Stipagrostis acutiflora · gbif.org
  114. Stipagrostis hirtigluma · gbif.org
  115. Stipagrostis paradisea · gbif.org
  116. Desert grass · gbif.org
  117. Silky Bushman Grass · gbif.org
  118. Stipagrostis xylosa · gbif.org
  119. Taeniorhachis repens · gbif.org
  120. Tetrachaete elionuroides · gbif.org
  121. Tetrapogon cenchriformis · gbif.org
  122. Tetrapogon ferrugineus · gbif.org
  123. Tetrapogon roxburghiana · gbif.org
  124. Tetrapogon tenellus · gbif.org
  125. Tetrapogon villosus · gbif.org
  126. Thelepogon elegans · gbif.org
  127. red grass · gbif.org
  128. African Bur-grass · gbif.org
  129. Kenya bur grass · gbif.org
  130. European Bur-grass · gbif.org
  131. Tricholaena teneriffae · gbif.org
  132. Trichoneura mollis · gbif.org
  133. Trigonochloa rupestris · gbif.org
  134. Italian sugarcane · gbif.org
  135. Tripogon curvatus · gbif.org
  136. Tripogon leptophyllus · gbif.org
  137. Tripogon subtilissimus · gbif.org
  138. Tripogonella minima · gbif.org
  139. Trisetopsis elongata · gbif.org
  140. Bread Wheat · gbif.org
  141. Urochloa arida · gbif.org
  142. Urochloa comata · gbif.org
  143. Deflexed Brachiaria · gbif.org
  144. Creeping False Paspalum · gbif.org
  145. Urochloa lachnantha · gbif.org
  146. Urochloa leersioides · gbif.org
  147. Para grass, Mauritius signal grass, Scotch grass, California grass, Water grass, Dutch grass, Buffalo grass, Carib grass · gbif.org
  148. Urochloa oligotricha · gbif.org
  149. Urochloa ovalis · gbif.org
  150. Sharp-flowered Signal-grass · gbif.org
  151. Plantain Signalgrass · gbif.org
  152. Dixie Signalgrass · gbif.org
  153. Creeping Panic Grass, Running Grass, Sprawling Signal Grass · gbif.org
  154. Urochloa rudis · gbif.org
  155. Red Top Grass · gbif.org
  156. African liverseed grass · gbif.org
  157. Urochloa xantholeuca · gbif.org
  158. Urochondra setulosa · gbif.org
  159. hippo grass · gbif.org
  160. Zaqiqah mucronata · gbif.org
  161. Maize · gbif.org

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