Poaceae
Dinebra

Dinebra chinensis (L.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow

First published in Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 109: 1326 (2012)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya to S. Africa, Tropical & Subtropical Asia. It is an annual or helophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bangladesh, Borneo, Botswana, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, New Guinea, Northern Provinces, Philippines, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Czechoslovakia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • 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. [Cited as Leptochloa chinensis.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  • Cope, T. (1999). Flora Zambesiaca 10(2): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Danihelka, J. Chrtek, J. & Kaplan, Z. (2012). Checklist of vascular plants of the Czech Republic. Preslia. Casopsi Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 84: 647-811.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1994). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 8: 1-458. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gilliland, H.B. (1971). A revised flora of Malaya 3: 1-319. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Singapore.
  • Kandwal, M.K. & Gupta, B.K. (2009). An update on grass flora of Uttarkhand. Indian Journal of Forestry 32: 657-668.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Koyama, T. (1987). Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions: an identification manual: 1-570. Kodansha, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Lee, W.T. (1996). Lineamenta Florae Koreae: 1-1688. Soul T'ukpyolsi: Ak'ademi Sojok.
  • Masamune, G. (1942). Enumeratio phanerogamarum Bornearum: 1-739. Taihoku, Formosa.
  • Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. (2007). A checklist of the vascular plants of Lao PDR: 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Noltie, H.J. (2000). Flora of Bhutan 3(2): 457-883. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • 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?
s.coll [1914] Ethiopia Poa sinensis K001770321 Yes
s.coll [1916] Ethiopia Poa sinensis K002075389 Yes
Jan 31, 1997 Kerr, A.F.G. [19638] Thailand Leptochloa chinensis K000621367 Yes
Jan 31, 1997 Kerr, A.F.G. [19638] Thailand Leptochloa chinensis K000621368 Yes
Jan 31, 1997 Kerr, A.F.G. [21380] Thailand Leptochloa chinensis K000621369 Yes
Jan 31, 1997 Kerr, A.F.G. [21380] Thailand Leptochloa chinensis K000621370 Yes
Jan 31, 1997 Kerr, A.F.G. [11091] Thailand Leptochloa chinensis K000621364 Yes
Jan 31, 1997 Kerr, A.F.G. [11091] Thailand Leptochloa chinensis K000621365 Yes
Jan 31, 1997 Kerr, A.F.G. [11091] Thailand Leptochloa chinensis K000621366 Yes
Jan 31, 1997 Kerr, A.F.G. [7955] Thailand Leptochloa chinensis K000621363 Yes
Jan 9, 1996 Put [2597] Thailand Leptochloa chinensis K000621372 Yes
Jan 9, 1996 Put [2597] Thailand Leptochloa chinensis K000621373 Yes
Sorensen, Th.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [5930] Thailand Leptochloa chinensis K000682370 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8896] Burma Leptochloa chinensis K001131796 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8896] Leptochloa chinensis K001131791 Unknown Type Material Yes
Smitinand, T. [4272] Thailand Leptochloa chinensis K000682374 No
Heckman, C.W. [113] Thailand Leptochloa chinensis K000682366 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8896] Burma Leptochloa chinensis K001131797 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sorensen, Th.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [3385] Thailand Leptochloa chinensis K000682373 No
Larsen, K.; Larsen, S. [34246] Thailand Leptochloa chinensis K000682367 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8896] India Leptochloa chinensis K001131794 Unknown Type Material Yes
md Haniff; Noor [4370] Thailand Leptochloa chinensis K000682376 Yes
Smitinand, T. [5956] Thailand Leptochloa chinensis K000682369 No
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 8896] Leptochloa chinensis K001131795 Unknown Type Material Yes
Roxburgh, W. [s.n.] India Leptochloa chinensis K000899883 Unknown Type Material Yes
Laegaard, S. [21749] Thailand Leptochloa chinensis K000682379 Yes
Agricultural Department [s.n.] Thailand Leptochloa chinensis K000682377 Yes
Agricultural Department [s.n.] Thailand Leptochloa chinensis K000682378 Yes
Larsen, K.; Santisuk, T.; Warncke, E. [2272] Thailand Leptochloa chinensis K000682371 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8896] India Leptochloa chinensis K001131793 Unknown Type Material Yes
Laegaard, S. [21889] Thailand Leptochloa chinensis K000682380 Yes
Floto, F. [7601] Thailand Leptochloa chinensis K000682372 No
Put [2586] Thailand Leptochloa chinensis K000621371 Yes
Sorensen, Th.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [1906] Thailand Leptochloa chinensis K000682375 No
den Hoed, G. [140] Thailand Leptochloa chinensis K000682368 No
Heyne, B. [s.n.] India Leptochloa chinensis K000899882 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8896] Leptochloa chinensis K001131792 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

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    • © 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 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images