Dinebra chinensis

Taxonavigation

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

Dinebra chinensis (L.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow, Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 109: 1326 (2012)

Basionym
- Poa chinensis L., Sp. Pl.: 69 (1753).
Homotypic
- Cynodon virgatus Willd., Enum. Pl.: 90 (1809).
- Leptochloa chinensis (L.) Nees, 1824
Heterotypic
- Poa sessilis Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 1: 185 (1791).
- Poa sinensis J.F.Gmel., Syst. Nat. ed. 13[bis]: 181 (1791).
- Cynosurus capillaceus P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 159 (1812), nom. nud.
- Leptochloa capillacea P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 71 (1812), nom. nud.
- Leptochloa tetraquetra J.Presl in C.B.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 288 (1830).
- Leptochloa eragrostoides Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 208 (1854).
- Eleusine chinensis F.Muell., Syst. Census Austral. Pl.: 134 (1883).
- Poa secundaria B.Heyne ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 299 (1896), pro syn.

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Indian subcontinent
  - Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya
- Regional: China
  - China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, South China Sea, Taiwan
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Korea
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Indian subcontinent
  - Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Eastern Africa
  - Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Continental: Australasia
- Regional: Papuasia
  - New Guinea
- Introduced into:
  - Czechoslovakia

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.

Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D., 1824. Sylloge Plantarum Novarum Itemque Minus Cognitarum a Praestantissimis Botanicis adhuc Viventibus Collecta et a Societate Regia Botanica Ratisbonensi Edita. Ratisbonae [Regensburg] 1:4. 1824

Govaerts, R. et al. 203. Dinebra chinensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 203 August 30. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2023. Dinebra chinensis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 August 30. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2023. Dinebra chinensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 August 2023.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Dinebra chinensis. Published online. Accessed: August 30 2022.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Dinebra chinensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

English: Chinese Sprangletop
日本語: アゼガヤ
ไทย: หญ้ายอนหู
中文: 千金子, 油草

For more multimedia, look at Dinebra chinensis on Wikimedia Commons.