Diplachne

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Chloridoideae
Tribus: Cynodonteae
Subtribus: Eleusininae
Genus: Diplachne
Species: D. fusca – D. gigantea

Name

Diplachne P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 80 (1812)

Type species: Diplachne fusca subsp. fascicularis (Lam.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow, Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 109: 1327 (2012).

Homonyms

Diplachne R.Br. ex Desf. vide Verticordia DC., Prodr. 3: 208 (1828), nom. cons.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Cosmopolita
- Afghanistan, Alabama, Algeria, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burundi, California, Cambodia, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Cayman Is., Chad, Chile North, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Florida, Free State, Gambia, Gulf States, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kentucky, Kenya, Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Maine, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Manchuria, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nebraska, Netherlands Antilles, Nevada, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Utah, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Western Australia, Western Sahara, Windward Is., Wyoming, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
- Belgium, British Columbia, Chagos Archipelago, Czechoslovakia, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hawaii, Hungary, Italy, Korea, Libya, New Zealand North, Spain, Sweden, Tasmania, Uruguay, Wisconsin

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie; ou Nouveaux Genres des Graminées; Avec Figures Représentant les Caractéres de tous le Genres. Imprimerie de Fain. BHL Reference page. : 80, pl. 16, f. 9.

Additional references

Peterson, P.M., Romaschenko, K., Snow, N. & Johnson, G. 2012. A molecular phylogeny and classification of Leptochloa (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Chlorideae) sensu lato and related genera. Annals of Botany 109: 1317–1329. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcs112 Full text PDF Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Diplachne in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 10. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Diplachne. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 10.
Tropicos.org 2013. Diplachne. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Nov. 2013.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Diplachne. Published online. Accessed: 10 Nov. 2013.

Vernacular names

العربية: پوشینک دندانی
فارسی: سيفون
한국어: 갯드렁새속
മലയാളം: ഡിപ്ലാച്ച്നെ
中文: 双稃草属

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