Dinebra

Dinebra retroflexa

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: Dinebra
Species: D. divaricatissima – D. haareri – D. marquisensis – D. perrieri – D. polycarpha – D. polystachyos – D. retroflexa – D. somalensis – D. xerophila

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Dinebra in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 29. Reference page.

Name

Dinebra Jacq., Fragm. Bot.: 77 (1809)

Type species: Dinebra retroflexa var. retroflexa.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Drake-brockmania Stapf, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1912: 197 (1912).
- Heterocarpha Stapf & C.E.Hubb., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1929: 263 (1929).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Central Asia
  - Afghanistan, Pakistan
- Regional: Southeastern Asia
  - Andaman Is., Jawa, Maluku, Marquesas, Myanmar, Nicobar Is.
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai
- Regional: Arabian Peninsula
  - Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Continental: Australasia
- Regional: Australia
  - New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Continental: Africa
- Regional: Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Chad, Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Libya, Madagascar, Mali , Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Introduced into:
  - China South-Central, China Southeast, Czechoslovakia, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maryland, Mauritius, North Carolina, Réunion, South Carolina, St.Helena, Thailand

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

References

Primary references

Jacquin, N.J. 1800–1809. Fragmenta botanica, figuris coloratis illustrata, ab anno 1800 ad annum 1809 per sex fasciculos edita. 86 pp., index, 138 tt. Typis Mathiae Andreae Schmidt, Viennae Austriae [Vienna]. BHL Reference page. : 77: , pl. 121, f. 1.

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. Dinebra 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, Dinebra. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 10.
Tropicos.org 2013. Dinebra. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Nov. 2013.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Dinebra. Published online. Accessed: 10 Nov. 2013.

Vernacular names

čeština: shloučenka
English: viper grass
فارسی: شانه چمن
suomi: Häntäheinät
עברית: זנבה
svenska: Julgransgrässläktet
中文: 弯穗草属

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