Zoysia pacifica (Goudsw.) M.Hotta & Kuroki

First published in Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 45: 71 (1994)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Indo-China to Japan (Kyushu) and NW. Pacific. It is a perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Japan, Kazan-retto, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, Marianas, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Solomon Is., Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

Introduced into:

Bahamas, Benin, Burkina, Cayman Is., Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Gabon, Galápagos, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Mexico Northeast, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Tuamotu, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2017). https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2016.09.0822. epublication.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192. [Cited as Zoysia matrella var. pacifica.]
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Zoysia matrella var. pacifica.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

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  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
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  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
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  • Valdés-Reyna, J. Villaseñor, J.L., Encina-Domínguez, J.A. & Oritz, E. (2015). The grass family (Poaceae) in Coahuila, Mexico: diversity and distribution. Botanical Sciences 93: 119-129.
  • 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?
Wright, C. [s.n.] Japan Zoysia matrella var. pacifica K003920602 Yes
Fosberg, F.R. [58554] Micronesia, Federated States of Zoysia matrella var. pacifica K003920779 Yes
Furuse, M. [4209] Japan Zoysia matrella var. pacifica K003920603 Yes
Charter, J.R. [40822] Togo Zoysia matrella var. pacifica K003920789 Yes
H. St. John; Maireau, J. [15580] Zoysia matrella var. pacifica K003920782 Yes
Furuse, M. [1309] Japan Zoysia matrella var. pacifica K003920600 Yes
Whistler, W.A.; Steele, O. [11209] Zoysia matrella var. pacifica K003920778 Yes
Naegelé, A. [[RPB/85-l]] Japan Zoysia matrella var. pacifica K003920788 Yes
Furuse, M. [11985] Japan Zoysia matrella var. pacifica K003920598 Yes
Florence, J. [7713] Zoysia matrella var. pacifica K003920781 Yes
Furuse, M. [11984] Japan Zoysia matrella var. pacifica K003920599 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zoysia matrella var. pacifica K003920601 Yes
Furuse, M. [41768] Japan Zoysia matrella var. pacifica K003920597 Yes
Coode, M.J.E.; Johns, R.J. [s.n.] Indonesia Zoysia matrella var. pacifica K003920687 Yes
Hunt, P.F. [2335] Solomon Islands Zoysia matrella var. pacifica K003920780 Yes
Kenyon, M. [16] Japan Zoysia matrella var. pacifica K003920604 Yes

Sources

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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