Family:
Poaceae Barnhart
Genus:
Diplachne P.Beauv.
Species:
Diplachne fusca (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.

Diplachne fusca subsp. fusca

This subspecies is accepted, and its native range is Tropical & Subtropical Old World.

Native to:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Borneo, Botswana, Burundi, Cambodia, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Free State, Gambia, Gulf States, Hainan, India, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Manchuria, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Queensland, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, South Australia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Victoria, Vietnam, Western Australia, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, California, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Korea, South Carolina, Sweden, Uruguay

Diplachne fusca subsp. fusca appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8886] Diplachne indica K001131774 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8886] Diplachne indica K001131775 Yes

Accepted by

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6 Scientific Data 8: 215.

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