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Taxon: Diplachne fusca (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. subsp. fusca

Genus:

Diplachne

Family:

Poaceae (alt.Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Chloridoideae

Tribe:

Cynodonteae

Subtribe:

Eleusininae

Nomen number:

465475

Place of publication:

Link to protologue:

Name Verified on:

28-Jun-2012 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

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

See other conspecific taxa:

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

(=) Diplachne malabarica (L.) Merr.
Basionym: Festuca fusca L.
(≡) Leptochloa fusca (L.) Kunth
(≡) Leptochloa fusca subsp. fusca (L.) Kunth
(=) Leptochloa malabarica (L.) Veldkamp
(=) Poa malabarica L.

Common names:

beetle grass (Source: Weed CIBA) - English
brown beetle grass (Source: Econ Pl Aust) - English
littoral sprangletop (Source: Weed CIBA) - English
swamp grass (Source: Rheedea) - English

Economic Importance:

Weed:

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa

Asia-Temperate

CHINA: China
EASTERN ASIA: Japan, Taiwan

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
PAPUASIA: Papua New Guinea
INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines

Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia (s.e.), Victoria, Western Australia (n.w. & n.-c.), Northern Territory]

Reference:

Petersen, P. M. et al. 2012. A molecular phylogeny and classification of Leptochloa (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Chlorideae) sensu lato and related genera. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 109:1327.

Check other web resources for Diplachne fusca (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. subsp. fusca :

SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
On-line Flora of Zimbabwe:
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
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=465475. Accessed 3 July 2024.