Poaceae
Isachne

Isachne globosa (Thunb.) Kuntze

First published in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 778 (1891)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Oman, Tropical & Subtropical Asia to W. Pacific. It is a perennial or annual and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Caroline Is., China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Fiji, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Manchuria, Marianas, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Oman, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., South Australia, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tasmania, Thailand, Victoria, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • 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.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1994). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 8: 1-458. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • Edgar, E & Connor, H.E. (2010). Flora of New Zealand, ed. 2, 5: 1-650. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • 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.
  • Iskandar, E.A.P. & Veldkamp, J.F. (2004). A revision of Malesian Isachne sect. Isachne (Gramineae, Panicoideae, Isachneae). Reinwardtia 12: 159-179.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Kandwal, M.K. & Gupta, B.K. (2009). An update on grass flora of Uttarkhand. Indian Journal of Forestry 32: 657-668.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • 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.
  • Lee, W.T. (1996). Lineamenta Florae Koreae: 1-1688. Soul T'ukpyolsi: Ak'ademi Sojok.
  • Middleton, D.J. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Singapore 7: 1-525. Singapore Botanic Gardens.
  • Noltie, H.J. (2000). Flora of Bhutan 3(2): 457-883. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Press, J.R. et al. (2000). Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal: i-x, 1-430. Natural History Museum, London.
  • 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.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, 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.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1994). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 8: 1-458. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • Edgar, E & Connor, H.E. (2010). Flora of New Zealand, ed. 2, 5: 1-650. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.
  • Gilliland, H.B. (1971). A revised flora of Malaya 3: 1-319. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Singapore.
  • Kandwal, M.K. & Gupta, B.K. (2009). An update on grass flora of Uttarkhand. Indian Journal of Forestry 32: 657-668.
  • 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.
  • Lee, W.T. (1996). Lineamenta Florae Koreae: 1-1688. Soul T'ukpyolsi: Ak'ademi Sojok.
  • Masamune, G. (1942). Enumeratio phanerogamarum Bornearum: 1-739. Taihoku, Formosa.
  • Noltie, H.J. (2000). Flora of Bhutan 3(2): 457-883. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Press, J.R. et al. (2000). Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal: i-x, 1-430. Natural History Museum, London.
  • Walker, E.H. (1976). Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu islands: 1-1159. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
  • 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?
Jan 1, 2004 Larsen, K.; et al. [32168] Thailand K000688390 Yes
Jan 1, 2004 Niyomdham, C.; Sriboonma, D. [1530] Thailand K000688389 Yes
Aug 11, 1999 Brown, R. [6129] Australia K001056197 Type Yes
Aug 1, 1963 Cuming, H. [2288] Malaysia K000290185 Isotype Yes
Aug 1, 1963 Cuming, H. [2288] Malaysia K000290186 Type Yes
Blatter, F. [2643] India K002819610 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [6727] India K002819613 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [7144] Thailand K000621264 Yes
s.coll. [8] India K002819622 Yes
Amdjah [18] K002819987 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [33821A] India K002819658 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001056210 Type Yes
[Bawner] [1891] India K002819633 Yes
Fischer, C.E.C. [2576] India K002819624 Yes
Bor, N.L. [s.n.] India K002819606 Yes
s.coll. [27] India K002819621 Yes
Raizada, M.B. [20667] India K002819607 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [18129 A] India K000356455 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002819657 Yes
Trimen, H. [s.n.] Sri Lanka K001056208 Holotype Yes
Blatter, F. [584] India K002819614 Yes
Ridley, H.N. [12421] K002819982 Yes
Cook, C.D.K.; Gut, B.J. [120] India K002819640 Yes
Takeuchi, W.; Gambia, A.; Jisaka, T. [23152] Papua New Guinea K003155212 Yes
Koorders, S.H. [19792 B] K002819984 Yes
Meebold, A. [8346] India K002819623 Yes
Barnes, E. [s.n.] India K002819638 Yes
Kunstler, H. [97] Indonesia K002819996 Yes
Klein, J.G. [1658] India K000245426 Type Yes
Asdat [133] K002819985 Yes
Haviland, G.D. [1922] K001738560 Yes
Sands, M.J.S. [18] Indonesia K002819992 Yes
Motley, J. [165] K002819983 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [13778] Thailand K000621268 Yes
s.coll. [WC8656] India K002819656 Yes
Croft, J.; Lelean, Y. [NGF 34701] Papua New Guinea K003155217 Yes
Janaki, E.K. [1833] India K002819603 Yes
Ammal, E. [s.n.] India K002819616 Yes
Croft, J.; et al. [LAE 60779] Papua New Guinea K003155221 Yes
Beccari, O. [70] Malaysia K002819980 Yes
[Henry Chisholm Davidson] [s.n.] India K002819646 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [21222C] India K002819649 Yes
Saldanha, C.J. [16310] India K002819645 Yes
Venkobarao, K. [3926] India K002819625 Yes
s.coll. [1658] India K002819655 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002819654 Yes
s.coll. [17931] India K000356454 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mooney, H.F. [4047] India K002819650 Yes
Thomson, G. [113] India K002819631 Yes
Bourne [1891] India K002819634 Yes
Boden-Kloss, C. [s.n.] Indonesia K003155222 Yes
Waitz [s.n.] K002819979 Yes
Takeuchi, W.; Gambia, A.; Jisaka, T. [23152] Papua New Guinea K003155211 Yes
Ammal, E. [1824] India K002819635 Yes
Blatter, E.; Hallberg, P.F. [324] India K000245428 Type Yes
Kds, S.H.; Koorders-Schumacher, A. [43441] Indonesia K002819989 Yes
Haines, H.H. [718] India K002819661 Yes
Trimen, H. [s.n.] Sri Lanka K000245429 Holotype Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [16407] Thailand K000621271 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [11246] Thailand K000621266 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [11246] Thailand K000621267 Yes
Matthew, K.M. [25276] India K002819604 Yes
Matthew, K.M.; Britto, S.J.; Rani, N. [28882] India K002819605 Yes
s.coll. [302] India K002819653 Yes
Kerenga, K.; Landsberg, J. [LAE: 56736] Papua New Guinea K003155220 Yes
Bakh; Brink [5162] Indonesia K002819991 Yes
Laegaard, S.; et al. [21858] Thailand K000688386 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [21621] India K002819620 Yes
Womersley, J.S. [NGF 9349] Papua New Guinea K003155218 Yes
Macrae, J. [230] Sri Lanka K000290187 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hansen, B.; Smitinand, T. [12376] Thailand K000688391 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [8003] Thailand K000621265 Yes
Blatter, F. [2571] India K002819609 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001056209 Unknown Type Material Yes
Griffith, W. [s.n.] India K000245424 Type Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [15987] Thailand K000621270 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [15987] Thailand K000621269 Yes
Boden-Kloss, C. [s.n.] Indonesia K003155223 Yes
Bor, N.L. [17145] India K002819617 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002819659 Yes
[Slallier] [6236] Indonesia K002819988 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002819643 Yes
McCann, C. [[9838]] India K002819608 Yes
Beddome, R.H. [s.n.] India K002819632 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] India K002819629 Yes
Raynal, J. [16885] Indonesia K003155214 Yes
[illegible] [5186] India K002819628 Yes
Abrahams, A. [G.46] India K002819637 Yes
Griffith [6565] India K000356456 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [1893] India K002819648 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [6727] India K002819611 Yes
Hohenacker, R.F. [1275] India K000245427 Type Yes
Griffith, W. [s.n.] India K000356452 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ryves, T.B.; Clement, E.J. [96GOA/061] India K002819618 Yes
Marten [162] India K002819644 Yes
Talbot, W.A. [2160] India K002819660 Yes
Kds, S.H.; Koorders-Schumacher, A. [43838 B] Indonesia K002819990 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [13028] India K002819630 Yes
Lorzing [15509] K002819978 Yes
van der Maesen, L.J.G. [3921] India K002819647 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001056201 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mo[s]ley [319] K002819981 Yes
Ramamoorthy, T.P. [HFP1296] India K002819636 Yes
Nedi; Idjan [14] Indonesia K002819994 Yes
Blatter, E.; {Hallberg} [694] India K002819626 Yes
Eyma, P.J. [3464] K002819986 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [10859 A] India K002819627 Yes
Clemens, J.; Clemens, M.S. [30436] Indonesia K002819995 Yes
Bau, B.B.; de Kok, R.; Utteridge, T.M.A.; Baker, W.J.; Paul, O.; Damas, D.; Fazang, K. [LAE 88470] Papua New Guinea K003155213 Yes
Koorders, S.H. [40585 B] Indonesia K002819997 Yes
Brass, L.J. [7602] Papua New Guinea K003155219 Yes
Smitinand, T. [2950] Thailand K000688387 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [1246] India K002819639 Yes
Rutten-Kooistra [50] Indonesia K002819993 Yes
Wight, R. [1658] India K002819615 Yes
Matthew, K.M.; Charles, M. [46777] India K002819642 Yes
King, G. [s.n.] India K002819612 Yes
Niyomdham, C. [1058] Thailand K000688388 Yes
de La Savinierre, E. [1585] K001738906 Yes
Ryves, T.B.; Clement, E.J. [96GOA/056] India K002819619 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [3428] Thailand K000621263 Yes
Griffith, W. [s.n.] India K000356453 Type Yes
Griffith, W. [s.n.] India K000245425 Type Yes
Gillison, A. [NGF 25094] Papua New Guinea K003155215 Yes
Cheeseman, T.F. [s.n.] New Zealand Isachne globosa var. compacta K003155439 Yes
McKee, H.S. [9954] Isachne globosa var. compacta K003155443 Yes
Cheeseman, T.F. [s.n.] New Zealand Isachne globosa var. compacta K003155440 Yes
[J. B. Carlering] [s.n.] Isachne globosa var. compacta K003155441 Yes
Anderson, D. [338] Guam Isachne globosa var. compacta K003155435 Yes
Hosaka, E.Y. [2759] Isachne globosa var. compacta K003155436 Yes
Leach, B.J. [BSIP 19288] Solomon Islands Isachne globosa var. compacta K003155437 Yes
Leach, B.J. [BSIP 19288] Solomon Islands Isachne globosa var. compacta K003155438 Yes
Cheeseman, T.F. [711] New Zealand Isachne globosa var. compacta K003155442 Yes
Bayliss-Smith, T.P. [34] Solomon Islands Isachne globosa var. compacta K003155434 Yes
McKee, H.S. [7903] New Caledonia Isachne globosa var. compacta K003155444 Yes
Wallich, G.C. [1658] Burma Isachne muricata K001770174 Yes
Wallich, G.C. [1658] Burma Isachne muricata K001770173 Yes
s.coll. [3262] Isachne muricata K002819651 Yes
Law [1658] Isachne muricata K002819652 Yes
Wiriasapostro, M. [9] Indonesia Isachne virgata K003155089 Yes
Beccari, O. [198] Isachne virgata K003155088 Yes
Robinson, C.B. [1654] Isachne miliacea K003155037 Yes
[Nege] [216] Papua New Guinea Isachne miliacea K003155228 Yes
Clemens, J.; Clemens, M.S. [51042] Isachne miliacea K003155034 Yes
Clemens, J.; Clemens, M.S. [30283] Isachne miliacea K003155035 Yes
[Mottey] [107] Isachne miliacea K003155029 Yes
Boden-Kloss, C. [s.n.] Indonesia Isachne miliacea K003155229 Yes
Lütjeharms, W.J. [3820] Isachne miliacea K003155032 Yes
Bakhuizen; Brink [3651] Isachne miliacea K003155027 Yes
Kartonegoro, A.; Lulut, D.S.; Eka, F.; Ismail, R. [663] Indonesia Isachne miliacea K003155026 Yes
Gibbs, L.S. [5916] Isachne miliacea K003155227 Yes
Koorders, S.H. [19796] Indonesia Isachne miliacea K003155039 Yes
Womersley, J.S. [NGF 9496] Papua New Guinea Isachne miliacea K003155226 Yes
Bünnemeyer [7395] Isachne miliacea K003155036 Yes
Beccari, O. [601] Indonesia Isachne miliacea K003155033 Yes
Bünnemeijer [3264] Isachne miliacea K003155031 Yes
Motley, J. [102] Isachne miliacea K003155028 Yes
Clemens, M.S. [9743] Isachne miliacea K003155030 Yes
Koorders, S.H. [17271 B] Isachne miliacea K003155040 Yes
de La Savinierre, E. [165] Isachne miliacea K003155038 Yes

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