Poaceae
Isachne

Isachne confusa Ohwi

First published in Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus. 18: 14 (1947)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. China to Indo-China and NW. Pacific. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China Southeast, Jawa, Malaya, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Queensland, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Gilliland, H.B. (1971). A revised flora of Malaya 3: 1-319. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Singapore.
  • Henty, E.E. (1969). A manual of the grasses of New Guinea: 1-215. Division of Botany, Dpt. of Forests, LAE, New Guinea.
  • 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.
  • Middleton, D.J. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Singapore 7: 1-525. Singapore Botanic Gardens.
  • 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.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Gilliland, H.B. (1971). A revised flora of Malaya 3: 1-319. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Singapore.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Womersley, J.S.; Simmonds, N.W. [6883] Papua New Guinea K003155201 Yes
Niyomdham, C.; Sriboonma, D. [1556] Thailand K000688429 Yes
Brass, L.J. [28182] Papua New Guinea K003155205 Yes
Sands, M.J.S.; Johns, R.J. [5420] Brunei K002819969 Yes
s.coll. [28] Indonesia K003155204 Yes
Womersley, J.S. [NGF9367] Papua New Guinea K003155202 Yes
Argent, G. [NGBF1066] Papua New Guinea K003155209 Yes
Barber [264] K002819963 Yes
Streimann, H.; Students, F.C. [NGF45032] Papua New Guinea K003155208 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P4881] Malaysia K002819974 Yes
Kurz, S. [s.n.] K002819601 Yes
Brass, L.J. [5854] Papua New Guinea K003155210 Yes
[illegible] [753] K002819600 Yes
de Vogel, E.F. [5928] Indonesia K002819970 Yes
de Vogel, E.F. [5982] Indonesia K002819977 Yes
Pleyte, D.R. [1135] Indonesia K003155203 Yes
Gibbs, L.S. [2583] K002819966 Yes
Put [1585] Thailand K000621261 Yes
Put [1585] Thailand K000621262 Yes
Jacobs, M. [5505] Malaysia K002819965 Yes
Patrick, F.B.; Patrick [SAN 43620] Malaysia K002819968 Yes
Womersley, J.S. [NGF9354] Papua New Guinea K003155207 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P4881] Malaysia K002819973 Yes
[Biimemeyer] [1577] K002819976 Yes
[V. Kurz] [26023] K002819602 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [19043] Thailand K000621260 Yes
Womersley, J.S. [NGF9311] Papua New Guinea K003155206 Yes
Chai, P.P.K.; Paie, I. [S17292] K002819971 Yes
Motley, J. [191] K002819964 Yes
Smitinand, T. [8149] Malaysia K002819972 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [13708] Thailand K000621257 Yes
Barber [264] K002819962 Yes
[Aegsman] [[8]038] K002819975 Yes
Glassman, S.F. [2888] Caroline Is. K001056194 Isotype Yes
Ridley, H.N. [9034] K002819967 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [14778] Thailand K000621259 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [14778] Thailand K000621258 Yes
Beccari, O. [927] Malaysia K002819961 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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