Poaceae
Zoysia

Zoysia matrella (L.) Merr.

First published in Philipp. J. Sci., C 7: 230 (1912)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical Asia to NW. Pacific. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as animal food and a medicine and has environmental uses.

Distribution

Native to:

Bangladesh, Borneo, Caroline Is., China Southeast, Cocos (Keeling) Is., Hainan, India, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Is., Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

Introduced into:

Alabama, Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Christmas I., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Florida, Georgia, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Hawaii, Ivory Coast, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Maldives, Marquesas, Mauritius, Mexico Southwest, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Réunion, Samoa, Society Is., Togo, Tokelau-Manihiki, Trinidad-Tobago, Tubuai Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • Bosser, J. & Renvoize, S.A. (2018). Flore des Mascareignes 203: 1-276. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1994). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 8: 1-458. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Faccenda, K. (2023). Updates to the Hawaiian grass flora and selected keys to species: Part 2. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 155: 83-156.
  • Figueiredo, E., Paiva, J., Stévart, T., Oliveira, F. & Smith, G.F. (2011). Annotated catalogue of the flowering plants of São Tomé and Príncipe. Bothalia 41: 41-82.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • George, A.S., Orchard, A.E. & Hewson, H.J. (eds.) (1993). Oceanic islands 2. Flora of Australia 50: 1-606. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Gilliland, H.B. (1971). A revised flora of Malaya 3: 1-319. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Singapore.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Henty, E.E. (1969). A manual of the grasses of New Guinea: 1-215. Division of Botany, Dpt. of Forests, LAE, New Guinea.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Kobayashi, S. & Ono, M. (1987). A Revised List of Vascular Plants Indigenous and Introduced to the Bonin (Ogasawara) and the Volcano (Kazan) Islands. Ogasawara Research 13: 1-55.
  • Koyama, T. (1987). Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions: an identification manual: 1-570. Kodansha, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.
  • Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005). Flora of Australia 44B: 1-486. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Menjívar Cruz, J.E., R.M. Baldini, G. Davidse & P.M. Peterson (2021). El Salvador grasses: An updated catalogue and nomenclator. Phytoneuron 2021-22: 1-131.
  • Middleton, D.J. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Singapore 7: 1-525. Singapore Botanic Gardens.
  • Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. (2007). A checklist of the vascular plants of Lao PDR: 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655.
  • Walker, E.H. (1976). Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu islands: 1-1159. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
  • Whistler, A. (2018). Flora of Tokelau: 1-126. Isle Botanica, Honolulu.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1994). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 8: 1-458. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Figueiredo, E., Paiva, J., Stévart, T., Oliveira, F. & Smith, G.F. (2011). Annotated catalogue of the flowering plants of São Tomé and Príncipe. Bothalia 41: 41-82.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Forzza, R.C. & al. (2013). Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
  • Fosberg, F.R. (1957). The Maldive islands, Indian Ocean. Atoll Research Bulletin 58: 1-37.
  • George, A.S., Orchard, A.E. & Hewson, H.J. (eds.) (1993). Oceanic islands 2. Flora of Australia 50: 1-606. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Gilliland, H.B. (1971). A revised flora of Malaya 3: 1-319. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Singapore.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Henty, E.E. (1969). A manual of the grasses of New Guinea: 1-215. Division of Botany, Dpt. of Forests, LAE, New Guinea.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  • Hubbard, C.E. & Vaughan, R.E. (1940). Grasses of Mauritius and Rodriguez: 1-128. Crown Agents for the Colonies, London.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.
  • Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005). Flora of Australia 44B: 1-486. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Masamune, G. (1942). Enumeratio phanerogamarum Bornearum: 1-739. Taihoku, Formosa.
  • Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. (2007). A checklist of the vascular plants of Lao PDR: 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.
  • Turner, I.M., Xing, F. & Corlett, R.T. (2000). An annotated check-list of the vascular plants of the South China Sea and its shores. The Raffles bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. 8: 23-116.
  • Whistler, A. (2018). Flora of Tokelau: 1-126. Isle Botanica, Honolulu.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Jansen, P., Lemmens, R., Oyen, L., Siemonsma, J., Stavast, F. & Van Valkenburg, J. (1991) Plant Resources of South-East Asia. Basic list of species and commodity grouping. Final version. Pudoc, Wageningen.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 24, 2009 Kerr, A.F.G. [7945A] Thailand K000648109 Yes
Mar 24, 2009 Ryves, T.B. [KS95/004] Thailand K000648132 Yes
Mar 24, 2009 Wichian [495] Thailand K000648111 Yes
Mar 24, 2009 Sorensen, Th.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [2470] Thailand K000648110 Yes
Mar 24, 2009 Kerr, A.F.G. [10722] Thailand K000648131 Yes
Jun 1, 2000 Bor, N.L. [S.57] Malaysia K000290610 Isotype Yes
Buwalda, P. [7173] Indonesia K003920671 Yes
Walker, E.H.; Tawada, S.; Amano [6027] Japan K003920595 Yes
Comanor, P.L. [1150] Sri Lanka K003920664 Yes
[Aorne] [112] Mauritius K003920796 Yes
Walker, E.H.; Sonohara, S.; Tawada, S. [5965] Japan K003920594 Yes
Brumbach, W.C. [6783] K003920799 Yes
Lorence, D.; Ragone, D. [8548] Samoa K003920776 Yes
Clayton; Jayasekera [6139] Sri Lanka K003920663 Yes
Macrae [202] Sri Lanka K003920651 Yes
Arboretum, A.; Brass, L.J. [2996] Solomon Islands K003920771 Yes
Hennipman, E. [5023] Indonesia K003920680 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003920783 Yes
Laegaard, S. [14045] Sri Lanka K003920665 Yes
Clemens, M.S. [9728] Malaysia K003920685 Yes
Griffith; Herb. Wight [s.n.] Malaysia K003920682 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003920645 Yes
Lazarides, M. [7367] Sri Lanka K003920660 Yes
Telford, I.R.; Howard, C. [10075] Australia K003920679 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [10722] Thailand K000621624 Yes
Vaughan, R.E. [A56] Mauritius K003920794 Yes
Balfour, I.B.; Rodrigues [s.n.] Mauritius K003920798 Yes
Sindhe, A.N. [269] India K003920638 Yes
Clayton, D. [5735] Sri Lanka K003920659 Yes
Powell, D.A.; H'ng Kim Chey [682] Christmas Island K003920678 Yes
Beccari, O. [s.n.] Malaysia K003920686 Yes
Steiner, M.L. [593] Philippines K003920688 Yes
Smitinand, T. [8916] Thailand K000682687 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [6981] Thailand K000621621 Yes
Buwalda, P. [3366] Indonesia K003920670 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [3360] India K003920636 Yes
Adams, C.D. [14711] Trinidad and Tobago K003920803 Yes
Kern, J.H. [7907] Indonesia K003920672 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [13464] Thailand K000621628 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [13464] Thailand K000621629 Yes
Cooray, R.G. [69112302R] Sri Lanka K003920657 Yes
Gould, F.W. [13428] Sri Lanka K003920650 Yes
Galán, P. [3602] El Salvador K003920801 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [10695] Thailand K000621623 Yes
Whistler, W.A. [6796] Samoa K003920774 Yes
Renvoize, S.A. [0] Brazil K000003324 Yes
Soderstrom, T.R.; Kulatunge, S. [1680] Sri Lanka K003920656 Yes
s.coll. [21633H] India K003920631 Yes
Whistler, W.A. [7535] Samoa K003920775 Yes
Forman, L.L. [581] Indonesia K003920674 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [12755] India K003920640 Yes
Loher, A. [7210] Philippines K003920689 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003920630 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [4393] Thailand K000621619 Yes
Thein Lwin, U. [3471] Burma K003920648 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [19092] Thailand K000621632 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003920643 Yes
Lorence, D.; Ragone, D.; Prance, G.; Wiseman, J. [8644] Samoa K003920777 Yes
National Pingtung University of Science and Technology [29] Ghana K003920785 Yes
Clayton, D. [5663] Sri Lanka K003920654 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [10967] Thailand K000621626 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [10967] Thailand K000621625 Yes
[P. T. O.] [49] Mauritius K003920793 Yes
Pohl, R.W.; Davidse, G. [10896] Costa Rica K003920800 Yes
Larsen, K.; Smitinand, T.; Warncke, E. [1279] Thailand K000648130 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [7945] Thailand K000621622 Yes
s.coll. [1239] India K003920642 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [4293] Thailand K000621620 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003920646 Yes
Hu, S.Y. [7195] Hong Kong K003920608 Yes
But, P. [125] Hong Kong K003920607 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Davalos, A.L. [s.n.] Ecuador K003920807 Yes
Whitford, H.N. [1303] Philippines K003920692 Yes
Comanor, P.L. [1150] Sri Lanka K003920655 Yes
Gamble, J.S.; Clarke, C.B. [33615] India K003920634 Yes
Vaughan, R.E. [A117] Mauritius K003920792 Yes
Waterhouse, J.H.L. [s.n.] Solomon Islands K003920772 Yes
s.coll. [27] Philippines K003920693 Yes
Barney, R.W. [s.n.] Sri Lanka K003920667 Yes
Meier, W.; Hernández, C.; Puente, R.; Rivas, F. [16722] Venezuela K003920806 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003920641 Yes
Lima, J.M. [315] Brazil K001101764 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003920784 Yes
Buwalda, P. [3049] Indonesia K003920673 Yes
Henry, A. [24] China K003920683 Yes
Clemens, J.; Clemens, M.S. [29767] Malaysia K003920684 Yes
White, C.T. [164] Solomon Islands K003920773 Yes
Marcan, A. [2258] Thailand K000621633 Yes
Sorensen, Th.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [1710] Thailand K000682688 Yes
Hu, S.Y. [13895] Hong Kong K003920609 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [15099] Thailand K000621630 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [15099] Thailand K000621631 Yes
Oberg-Darko [s.n.] Ghana K003920787 Yes
Wallace, E.C. [187] Burma K003920647 Yes
Wiehe, P.O. [G77a] Mauritius K003920791 Yes
Hu, S.Y. [8598] Hong Kong K003920610 Yes
Marcan, A. [2263] Thailand K000621634 Yes
Marcan, A. [2263] Thailand K000621635 Yes
Besnard, G. [s.n.] Reunion K003920797 Yes
Davidse, G. [7771] Sri Lanka K003920649 Yes
Aké Assi, L. [10645] Cote d'Ivoire K003920786 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [4311] Colombia K003920805 Yes
Adams, C.D. [14711] Trinidad and Tobago K003920804 Yes
Kurz [s.n.] Indonesia K003920675 Yes
Galán, P. [PG-03678] El Salvador K003920802 Yes
Parija [2710] India K003920637 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [20802] India K003920644 Yes
Hu, S.Y. [13901] Hong Kong K003920605 Yes
Lazarides [7271] Sri Lanka K003920662 Yes
s.coll. [948] Sri Lanka K003920653 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [21633E] India K003920632 Yes
Commerson [s.n.] K003920795 Yes
Telford, I.R.; [C. Howord] [9978] Australia K003920677 Yes
Clayton, D. [5878] Sri Lanka K003920658 Yes
Buwalda, P. [5976] Indonesia K003920676 Yes
Walker, E.H.; Tawada, S.; Amano [6022] Japan K003920596 Yes
Clayton, D. [5384] Sri Lanka K003920661 Yes
Motley, J. [125] Indonesia K003920681 Yes
Matthew, K.M.; Rani, N. [28127] India K003920635 Yes
Soderstrom, T.R.; Kulatunge, S. [1680] Sri Lanka K003920666 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3763] Zoysia pungens K001119959 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3763] Zoysia pungens K001119960 Unknown Type Material Yes

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