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Taxon: Dinebra retroflexa (Vahl) Panz.

Genus:

Dinebra

Family:

Poaceae (alt.Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Chloridoideae

Tribe:

Cynodonteae

Subtribe:

Eleusininae

Nomen number:

14159

Place of publication:

Ideen Revis. Gräs. 59, 60. 1813 (Denkschr. König. Akad. Wiss. München 4:270. 1814)

Link to protologue:

Comment:

place of publication verified from original literature (by R. Soreng)

Name Verified on:

30-Oct-2001 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System

See other conspecific taxa:

Common names:

viper grass (Source: F NAmer) - English
negei el-nimr (Source: F Egypt) - Arabic
julgransgräs (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

Weed:

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon (n.e.)
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Nigeria, Senegal
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Eswatini, Namibia, South Africa [Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Transvaal]

Asia-Temperate

WESTERN ASIA: Iraq

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India

Naturalized

(natzd. elsewhere)

References:

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) URL: www.skud.info
Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62
Bor, N. L. 1960. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan.
Boulos, L. & M. N. El-Hadidi. 1984. The weeds of Egypt.
Boulos, L. 1999-. Flora of Egypt
CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope
Cufodontis, G. 1953-1972. Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta.
Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
Petersen, P. M. et al. 2012. A molecular phylogeny and classification of Leptochloa (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Chlorideae) sensu lato and related genera. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 109:1326. Note: mentions
Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq.
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: with two var.
Zon, A. P. M. van der. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun

Check other web resources for Dinebra retroflexa (Vahl) Panz. :

SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
On-line Flora of Zimbabwe:
World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
PubAg: USDA's National Agricultural Library database of full-text journal articles and citations on the agricultural sciences.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=14159. Accessed 3 July 2024.