Poaceae
Dichanthium

Dichanthium aristatum (Poir.) C.E.Hubb.

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1939: 654 (1940)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is India to China (Yunnan) and Malesia. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is has environmental uses and as animal food.

Distribution

Native to:

China South-Central, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand

Introduced into:

Argentina Northeast, Ascension, Caroline Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, Florida, Free State, Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, KwaZulu-Natal, Louisiana, Madagascar, Marianas, Marquesas, Mauritius, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Northern Provinces, Oman, Panamá, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Samoa, Seychelles, Solomon Is., St.Helena, Tanzania, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

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.
  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • 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.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • 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.
  • Cope, T.A. (2002). Flora Zambesiaca 10(4): 1-190. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • 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.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 3: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Henty, E.E. (1969). A manual of the grasses of New Guinea: 1-215. Division of Botany, Dpt. of Forests, LAE, New Guinea.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Koyama, T. (1987). Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions: an identification manual: 1-570. Kodansha, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Lambdon, P. (2012). Flowering plants & ferns of St Helena: 1-624. Pisces publications for St Helena nature conservation group.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Prasanna, P.V. & al. (eds.) (2024). Flora of India 32: 1-694. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Robertson, S.A. (1989). Flowering Plants of Seychelles: 1-327. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Rúgolo, Z.E. & al. (2023). Flora del Paraguay 51: 1-202. Editions des Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la ville de Genève.
  • Walker, E.H. (1976). Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu islands: 1-1159. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

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.
  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cope, T.A. (2002). Flora Zambesiaca 10(4): 1-190. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • 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.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 3: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Henty, E.E. (1969). A manual of the grasses of New Guinea: 1-215. Division of Botany, Dpt. of Forests, LAE, New Guinea.
  • Hubbard, C.E. & Vaughan, R.E. (1940). Grasses of Mauritius and Rodriguez: 1-128. Crown Agents for the Colonies, London.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Lambdon, P. (2012). Flowering plants & ferns of St Helena: 1-624. Pisces publications for St Helena nature conservation group.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Packer, J.E. (1974). Ascension Handbook. A concise guide to Ascension Island South Atlantic ed. 2 Packer, Georgetown.
  • Robertson, S.A. (1989). Flowering Plants of Seychelles: 1-327. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Walker, E.H. (1976). Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu islands: 1-1159. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
  • 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.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • C.E. Hubbard in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1939: 654 (1939).
  • de Wet & Harlan in Bol. Soc. Arg. Bot. 12: 213 (1968).

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/
  • 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?
Aug 15, 1986 Sieber [s.n] Mauritius K000244658 Type Yes
Aug 15, 1986 Ayres, P., B. [48] Mauritius K000244660 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aug 15, 1986 unknown [48] Mauritius K000244659 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1939 Bojer [s.n.] Mauritius K000244661 Unknown Type Material Yes
Simon, B.K. [3264A] Australia K003163293 Yes
Bisset, W.J. [B14] Australia K003163300 Yes
Peberty, J. [s.n. ] Australia K003163298 Yes
Smith, F. [CPI104810] Australia K003163288 Yes
Lee, L.C. [330] Australia K003163286 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003162348 No
Harlan, J.R. [s.n.] India K003162914 Yes
Blake, S.T. [10208] Australia K003163296 Yes
Mckee, H.S. [9061] Australia K003163302 Yes
B.E.P. [2520] Fiji K003163612 Yes
Gillison, A.N. [NGF 22235] Papua New Guinea K003163055 Yes
Franc, I. [117] New Caledonia K003163605 Yes
MacKee, H.S. [4249A] New Caledonia K003163603 Yes
MacKee, H.S. [11481] New Caledonia K003163599 Yes
Lazarides, M. [5022] Australia K003163285 Yes
Innes, R.R. [32542] Ghana K003163647 Yes
Starr, F.; Starr, K. [(Starr-070403-11)] United States K003163615 Yes
[V. Nath] [15204] Fiji K003163609 Yes
Meebold, A. [10777] India K003162929 Yes
Meebold, A. [10492] India K003162932 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003162906 Yes
McCann, C. [5547] K003162915 Yes
Harlan, J.R. [s.n.] India K003162917 Yes
Smith, F. [CPI105001] Australia K003163291 Yes
Ritchie, D. [794] India K003162923 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [21217 A] K003162904 Yes
Hood, K.J.B. [265] India K003162916 Yes
Parham, B.E. [3027] Fiji K003163611 Yes
Laegaard, S. [21752] Thailand K000688671 Yes
Haines, H.H. [3638] K003162903 Yes
Haines, H.H. [2443] K003162909 Yes
Henry, A. [13735] China K003162718 No
Tothill, J.D. [44] Fiji K003163608 Yes
Cunningham, A.H.W. [s.n.] Australia K003163307 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] New Caledonia K003163600 Yes
Forbes, C.N. [1728[O]] United States K003163618 Yes
MacKee, H.S. [7844] New Caledonia K003163602 Yes
{Monod de Froideville} [1832] Malaysia K003163046 Yes
Blake, S.T. [5289] Australia K003163290 Yes
Guillaumin [8542] New Caledonia K003163601 Yes
Imada, C. [2004-13] United States K003163617 Yes
Forbes, C.N. [s.n.] United States K003163620 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [A262] India K003162922 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [8471] K003162905 Yes
Harlan, J.R. [s.n.] India K003162913 Yes
Saldanha, C.J. [16306] India K003162908 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003162928 Yes
de Wet, J.M.J. [9397a] Indonesia K003163047 Yes
s.coll. [12469] India K003162919 Yes
Talbot, W.A. [2081] K003162912 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Indonesia K000290177 Unknown Type Material Yes
Brooks, G.B. [s.n.] Australia K003163295 Yes
Pullen, R. [3216] Papua New Guinea K003163054 Yes
Simon, B.K.; Andrews, S.B. [2619] Australia K003163294 Yes
Degener, O. [21457] United States K003163619 Yes
MacKee, H.S. [11456] New Caledonia K003163598 Yes
Bhatcacharyya, U.C. [18331] India K003162911 Yes
Goodchild, N.E. [s.n.] Australia K003163304 Yes
{Monod de Froideville} [1622] Timor-Leste K003163044 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [9883] K003162921 Yes
Turbet, C.R. [39] Fiji K003163607 Yes
{Monod de Froideville} [1030] Timor-Leste K003163043 Yes
Everist, S.L. [s.n.] Australia K003163297 Yes
Wiriadinata, H. [450] Timor-Leste K003163045 Yes
{Monod de Froideville} [1885] Malaysia K003163041 No
Simon, B.K.; Andrews, S.B. [2561] Australia K003163292 Yes
Allison, P.N. [48] Oman K003162521 No
Clarkson, J.R.; Simon, B.K. [7226] Australia K003163287 Yes
Caine, F. [s.n.] Australia K003163306 Yes
Haines, H.H. [2443] K003162910 Yes
Blake, S.T.; Middleton, M. [5289] Australia K003163303 Yes
[Chanda Devira] [21A] K003162907 Yes
Kostermans, A.J.G.H.; Wirawan, N. [355] Malaysia K003163048 Yes
Fischer, C.E.C. [1437] India K003162931 Yes
Clarkson, J.R.; Simon, B.K. [7160] Australia K003163289 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003162925 Yes
Waibuta, L.V. [W/36] Solomon Islands K003163614 Yes
s.coll. [2352] India K003162927 No
Greenwood, W. [822] Fiji K003163610 Yes
Speck, N.H. [2005] Australia K003163301 Yes
{Monod de Froideville} [1890] Malaysia K003163042 Yes
Gillespie, J.W. [3570] Fiji K003163606 Yes
Cope, T.A. [505] Oman K003162520 No
Parham, B.E. [3025] Fiji K003163613 Yes
Schmidt, L. [s.n.] New Caledonia K003163604 Yes
Blake, S.T. [18529] Australia K003163299 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003162926 Yes
s.coll. [15434] K003162924 Yes
Railwer, G.C. [s.n.] K003162930 Yes
Harlan, J.R. [s.n.] India K003162918 Yes
Quodling, H.C. [4] Australia K003163305 Yes
Hodd, K.T.B. [265] India K003162920 Yes

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