Dichaetaria

Genus of grasses

Dichaetaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
(unranked):
Commelinids
Order:
Poales
Family:
Poaceae
Genus:
Dichaetaria

Nees ex Steud.
Binomial name
Dichaetaria wightii
Nees ex Steud.
Synonyms[1]
  • Gymnopogon wightii (Nees ex Steud.) Koord.
  • Gymnopogon rigidus Thwaites
  • Aristida linarifolia Rottler ex Hook.f.

Dichaetaria is a genus of South Asian plants in the grass family.[2][3][4][5]

Slender perennial herbs, the leaves are narrow and flat.[6][7]

Species

The only known species is Dichaetaria wightii, native to Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (26 April 2006). CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology - 3 Volume Set. CRC Press. p. 620. ISBN 978-1-4200-0322-2.
  3. ^ Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel ex Steudel, Ernst Gottlieb von 1854. Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 1: 145-146 in Latin
  4. ^ Tropicos, Dichaetaria Nees ex Steud.
  5. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  6. ^ Gamble, James Sykes (1928). Flora of the Presidency of Madras: Ranunculaceae to opiliaceae. West, Newman and Adlard. p. 1829.
  7. ^ Bor, N. L. 1960. Grass. Burma, Ceylon, India & Pakistan iā€“767. Pergamon Press, Oxford
Taxon identifiers
Dichaetaria
  • Wikidata: Q2471928
  • Wikispecies: Dichaetaria
  • CoL: 8VWWF
  • EoL: 5845240
  • GBIF: 4108096
  • GrassBase: gen00185
  • GRIN: 3598
  • iNaturalist: 577146
  • IPNI: 17895-1
  • IRMNG: 1045715
  • NCBI: 1662198
  • Open Tree of Life: 4731810
  • POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17895-1
  • Tropicos: 40029637
  • WFO: wfo-4000011400
Dichaetaria wightii


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