Zoysia

Zoysia macrantha

In cultivation

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Chloridoideae
Tribus: Zoysieae
Subtribus: Zoysiinae
Genus: Zoysia
Species: Z. japonica – Z. macrantha – Z. macrostachya – Z. matrella – Z. minima – Z. pacifica – Z. pauciflora – Z. seslerioides – Z. sinica
Nothospecies: Z. × forbesiana – Z. × hondana 

Name

Zoysia Willd., Neue Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 3: 440. (1801), nom. cons.

• Type species: Zoysia matrella (L.) Merr., Philipp. J. Sci., C 7: 230. (1912)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Osterdamia Neck. ex Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 781 (1891), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Matrella Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 73 (1805).
  • Brousemichea Balansa, J. Bot. (Morot) 4: 163 (1890).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa (introduced) Regional: West Tropical Africa Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Togo. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Mauritius, Madagascar, Réunion, Rodrigues. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Russian Far East Primorye. Regional: China Hainan, Manchuria, China North-Central, China Southeast. Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Korea, Kazan-retto, Nansei-shoto, Ogasawara-shoto, Taiwan. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Bangladesh, India, Maldives (introduced), Sri Lanka, West Himalaya (introduced). Regional: Indo-China Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, South China Sea, Thailand, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Borneo, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Christmas Island (introduced). Regional: Papuasia New Guinea, Solomon Islands. Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria. Regional: New Zealand New Zealand North, New Zealand South. Continental: Pacific Regional: Southwestern Pacific Fiji, Samoa, Tokelau-Manihiki (introduced). Regional: South-Central Pacific Marquesas, Society Islands, Tuamotu, Tubuai Islands (introduced). Regional: Northwestern Pacific Caroline Islands, Marianas, Marshall Islands. Regional: North-Central Pacific Hawaii (introduced). Continental: Northern America (introduced) Regional: Eastern Canada Ontario. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Illinois. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Indiana. Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. California. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia. Regional: Mexico Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest. Continental: Southern America (introduced) Regional: Central America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua. Regional: Caribbean Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago. Regional: Western South America Colombia, Ecuador, Galápagos. Regional: Brazil Brazil West-Central, Brazil Southeast. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Willdenow, C.L.v. 1801. Der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, neue Schriften 3: 440–441.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Zoysia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Sept. 3. Reference page. 
• Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Zoysia. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 3.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Zoysia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 3 Nov. 2013.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Zoysia. Published online. Accessed: 3 Nov. 2013.

Vernacular names

English: Zoysia Grasses

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