Species in the genus currently number 52 and include: •
Cymbopogon ambiguus (Australian lemon-scented grass) – Australia, Timor •
Cymbopogon annamensis – Yunnan, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand •
Cymbopogon bhutanicus – Bhutan •
Cymbopogon bombycinus silky oilgrass – Australia •
Cymbopogon caesius – Sub-Saharan Africa, Indian Subcontinent, Yemen, Afghanistan, Madagascar,
Comoros,
Réunion •
Cymbopogon calcicola – Thailand,
Kedah •
Cymbopogon calciphilus – Thailand •
Cymbopogon cambogiensis – Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam •
Cymbopogon citratus (lemon grass or West Indian lemon grass) – Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Philippines •
Cymbopogon clandestinus – Thailand, Myanmar,
Andaman Islands •
Cymbopogon coloratus –
Madhya Pradesh,
Tamil Nadu, Myanmar, Vietnam •
Cymbopogon commutatus –
Sahel, East Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan •
Cymbopogon densiflorus – central + south-central Africa •
Cymbopogon dependens – Australia •
Cymbopogon dieterlenii –
Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa •
Cymbopogon distans –
Gansu,
Guizhou,
Shaanxi,
Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan, Nepal, northern Pakistan, Jammu & Kashmir •
Cymbopogon exsertus – Nepal, Assam •
Cymbopogon flexuosus (East Indian lemon grass) – Indian Subcontinent, Indochina •
Cymbopogon gidarba – Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar, Yunnan •
Cymbopogon giganteus – Africa, Madagascar •
Cymbopogon globosus –
Maluku, New Guinea, Queensland •
Cymbopogon goeringii – China, Korea, Japan incl Ryukyu Islands, Vietnam •
Cymbopogon gratus – Queensland •
Cymbopogon jwarancusa –
Socotra, Turkey, Middle East, Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Indian Subcontinent, Tibet,
Sichuan,
Yunnan, Vietnam •
Cymbopogon khasianus – Yunnan, Guangxi, Assam, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand •
Cymbopogon liangshanensis – Sichuan •
Cymbopogon mandalaiaensis – Myanmar •
Cymbopogon marginatus –
Cape Province of South Africa •
Cymbopogon martini (palmarosa) – Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar, Vietnam •
Cymbopogon mekongensis – China, Indochina •
Cymbopogon microstachys Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar, Thailand, Yunnan •
Cymbopogon microthecus – Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, West Bengal, Bangladesh •
Cymbopogon minor – Yunnan •
Cymbopogon minutiflorus – Sulawesi •
Cymbopogon nardus (citronella grass) – Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, central + southern Africa, Madagascar,
Seychelles •
Cymbopogon nervatus – Myanmar, Thailand, central Africa •
Cymbopogon obtectus Silky-heads – Australia •
Cymbopogon osmastonii – India, Bangladesh •
Cymbopogon pendulus – Yunnan, eastern Himalayas, Myanmar, Vietnam •
Cymbopogon polyneuros – Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka, Myanmar •
Cymbopogon pospischilii – eastern + southern Africa, Oman, Yemen, Himalayas, Tibet, Yunnan •
Cymbopogon procerus – Australia, New Guinea,
Maluku,
Lesser Sunda Islands, Sulawesi •
Cymbopogon pruinosus – islands of Indian Ocean •
Cymbopogon queenslandicus – Queensland •
Cymbopogon quinhonensis – Vietnam •
Cymbopogon rectus – Lesser Sunda Islands, Java •
Cymbopogon refractus (barbed wire grass) – Australia incl
Norfolk Island •
Cymbopogon schoenanthus (camel hay or camel grass) – Sahara, Sahel, eastern Africa, Arabian Peninsular, Iran •
Cymbopogon tortilis – China incl Taiwan,
Ryukyu +
Bonin Is, Philippines, Vietnam,
Maluku •
Cymbopogon tungmaiensis – Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan •
Cymbopogon winterianus (Java citronella, citronella grass) – Borneo, Java, Sumatra •
Cymbopogon xichangensis – Sichuan ;Formerly included Numerous species are now regarded as better suited to other genera, including
Andropogon,
Exotheca,
Hyparrhenia,
Iseilema,
Schizachyrium, and
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