Poaceae
Isachne

Isachne distichophylla Munro ex Hillebr.

First published in Fl. Hawaiian Isl.: 504 (1888)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Hawaiian Islands, Cook Islands. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cook Is., Hawaii

Introduced into:

Vanuatu

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.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Darwin, S.P. [1186] United States K003155411 Yes
Cranwell, L.M.; Selling, O.; Skottsberg, C. [3112 c] United States K003155423 Yes
Wood [4339] United States K003155414 Yes
Haines, [Captn] [62] Hawaii K001056302 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rock, J.F. [4135] United States K003155424 Yes
Rock, J.F. [s.n.] United States K003155428 Yes
Degener, O.; Degener, I. [33379] United States K003155419 Yes
Takeuchi, W. [1724] United States K003155415 Yes
Degener, O. [9142] United States K003155432 Yes
Hillebrand, W.B. [504] Hawaii K001056303 Unknown Type Material Yes
Macrae, J. [s.n.] Hawaii K001056301 Unknown Type Material Yes
Macrae, J. [s.n.] Hawaii K001081841 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wood, K.R. [5560] United States K003155409 Yes
Wood, K.R.; Yoshioka, J.; Naeole, B. [7173] United States K003155407 Yes
Forbes, C.N. [710 H] United States K003155430 Yes
Wood, K.R.; Periman, S. [1668] United States K003155406 Yes
Degener, O.; Degener, I. [33379] United States K003155420 Yes
Forbes, C.N. [2666M] United States K003155425 Yes
Wood, K.R. [12043] United States K003155426 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [s.n.] United States K003155433 Yes
{H. St. John; Bean, R.S.}; Hosaka, E.Y. [11216] United States K003155421 Yes
Degener, O.; Degener, I. [33379] United States K003155418 Yes
Degener, O.; Degener, I. [33379] United States K003155417 Yes
Degener, O.; Degener, I. [33379] United States K003155416 Yes
Forbes, C.N. [256. L] United States K003155429 Yes
Darwin, S.P. [1104] United States K003155412 Yes
Degener, O. [3719] United States K003155431 Yes
Lammers, T.G. [5397] United States K003155410 Yes
Wood [4339] United States K003155413 Yes
Wood, K.R.; Hughes, G. [11399] United States K003155427 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Hawaii K001056304 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wood, K.R. [6306] United States K003155408 Yes
Diell, J. [42] Hawaii K001056305 Unknown Type Material Yes
Degener, O.; Degener, I. [30816] United States K003155422 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images