Zoysia Willd.

First published in Neue Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 3: 440 (1801), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical Asia to S. Russian Far East and Pacific.

Distribution

Native to:

Bangladesh, Borneo, Caroline Is., China North-Central, China Southeast, Cocos (Keeling) Is., Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Manchuria, Marianas, Marshall Is., Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nicobar Is., Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Primorye, Queensland, Solomon Is., South Australia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tasmania, Thailand, Victoria, Vietnam

Introduced into:

Alabama, Bahamas, Benin, Bermuda, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, California, Cayman Is., Christmas I., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Florida, Gabon, Galápagos, Georgia, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Ivory Coast, Kentucky, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Maldives, Marquesas, Maryland, Mauritius, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Carolina, Ontario, Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Réunion, Samoa, Society Is., Tennessee, Togo, Tokelau-Manihiki, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Virginia, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Sources

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0