Poaceae

Dichanthium P.Willemet

First published in Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 18: 11 (1796)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical Old World.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Botswana, Cambodia, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Djibouti, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Guinea, Gulf States, Hainan, India, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Lesser Sunda Is., Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Niger, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Queensland, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sinai, Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Australia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Victoria, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Argentina Northeast, Ascension, Belize, Caroline Is., Chagos Archipelago, Colombia, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, Easter Is., Ecuador, Fiji, Florida, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Japan, Kriti, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Madeira, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, Nicaragua, Niue, Panamá, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Samoa, Seychelles, St.Helena, Texas, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 9: 177 (1917).
  • in Neue Ann. Bot. 18: 11 (1796)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • De Wet & Harlan in Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 12: 206–207 (1968).
  • in Usteri, Ann. Bot. 18: 11 (1796).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • F.T.A. 9: 177 (1917)
  • de Wet & Harlan in Bol. Soc. Arg. Bot. 12: 206–227 (1968)
  • in Usteri, Ann. Bot. 18: 11 (1796)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Stewart, R.R. [21387] India K003162944 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [15057] K003162960 Yes
Clayton, D. [5281] Sri Lanka K003162964 Yes
Bowns [2427] K003162955 Yes
Pullen, R. [2045] Australia K003163563 Yes
Bornmüller, J. [702] Iran K003162514 No
Lamond, J. [443] Pakistan K003162938 Yes
Pullen, R. [6481] Papua New Guinea K003163059 Yes
Stewart, R.R. [25763] India K003162937 Yes
Norris, J.J. [1] Pakistan K003162946 Yes
Gamble, J. [16403] K003162958 Yes
Rechinger, K.H. [27905] Pakistan K003162949 Yes
Stuart, C. [s.n.] K003163567 Yes
Blake, S.T. [6192 A] Australia K003163564 Yes
Hubbard, C.E.; Winders, C.W. [7187] Australia K003163555 Yes
Blake, S.T. [11430] Australia K003163579 Yes
Mossman, S. [539] Australia K003163566 Yes
Davis; Bokhari [D56155] Iran K003162518 No
[Hans Harturst] [KT\556] Pakistan K003162935 Yes
Rechinger, K.H. [28688] Pakistan K003162939 Yes
Kunkel [16694] Iran K003162512 No
Lazarides, M. [3604] Australia K003163550 Yes
[D. Rluied] [2234] Burma K003162962 Yes
Lazarides, M. [7545] Australia K003163553 Yes
de Wet, J.M.J. [Okla 10898] Australia K003163573 Yes
Lamond, J. [872] Pakistan K003162940 Yes
Stewart, R.R. [23676] Pakistan K003162947 Yes
s.coll. [20] Australia K003163560 Yes
[Behboudi] [386E] Iran K003162516 No
Hartmut, H. [[KT/237r]] Pakistan K003162934 Yes
Blake, S.T. [19318] Australia K003163561 Yes
[Paliot] [10111E] Iran K003162513 No
Bourne [2454] K003162959 Yes
Smith, L.S. [04544] Australia K003163551 Yes
Thomson, T. [1566] Pakistan K003162953 Yes
Grey-Wilson, C.; Hewer, T.F. [266] Iran K003162519 No
de Wet, J.M.J. [Okla 10792] Australia K003163571 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [7938] Australia K003163556 Yes
Oaiser, T.; Raja, A.; [illegible] [939] Pakistan K003162948 Yes
Gould, F.W. [13226] Sri Lanka K003162965 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [20815] India K003162956 Yes
Blake, S.T. [19497] Australia K003163562 Yes
Meadly, G.R.W. [M60] K003163570 Yes
Norris, J.J. [175] Pakistan K003162943 Yes
Meadly, G.R.W. [M59] K003163569 Yes
Rashid, A.; Nasir, E.; Stewart, R.R. [25801] Pakistan K003162954 Yes
de Wet, J.M.J. [Okla 10791] Australia K003163568 Yes
Thein Lwin, U. [370] Burma K003162963 Yes
Rechinger, K.H. [27874] Pakistan K003162942 Yes
s.coll. [10] Australia K003163565 Yes
Blake, S.T. [18178] K003163574 Yes
White, C.T. [10793] Australia K003163558 Yes
Lazarides, M. [4616] Australia K003163576 Yes
[Behboudi] [400E] Iran K003162515 No
Mossman [s.n.] Australia K003163578 Yes
Sreekumar, P.V. [71858] India K003163033 Yes
Rechinger, K.H. [27599] Pakistan K003162941 Yes
de Wet, J.M.J. [Okla 10898] Australia K003163572 Yes
Stewart, R.R. [21387] India K003162945 Yes
Aitchison, J.E.T. [98] Pakistan K003162952 Yes
Rechinger, K.H.; Rechinger, F.; Allen, P.; Esfandiari, E. [3440] Iran K003162517 No
George, A.S. [14513] Australia K003163559 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [21546] K003162961 Yes
Oaiser, M.; Ghapoor, A.; [Abrar Hussoin] [4155] Pakistan K003162950 Yes
{Story}; Yapp, R.H. [147] Australia K003163552 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [7999] Australia K003163557 Yes
Stewart, R.R. [10141] India K003162933 Yes
Perry, R.A. [2282] Australia K003163575 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [20843] K003162957 Yes
Parker, R.N. [3380] Pakistan K003162936 Yes
Hubbard, C.E.; Winders, C.W. [6530] Australia K003163554 Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • 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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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