Dichaetaria

Dichaetaria is a genus of South Asian plants in the grass family.[2][3][4][5]

Dichaetaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
(unranked):
Commelinids
Order:
Poales
Family:
Poaceae
Genus:
Dichaetaria

Nees ex Steud.
Binomial name
Dichaetaria wightii
Nees ex Steud.
Synonyms[1]
  • Gymnopogon wightii (Nees ex Steud.) Koord.
  • Gymnopogon rigidus Thwaites
  • Aristida linarifolia Rottler ex Hook.f.

Slender perennial herbs, the leaves are narrow and flat.[6][7]

Species

The only known species is Dichaetaria wightii, native to Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu.[1]

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Quattrocchi, Umberto (26 April 2006). CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology - 3 Volume Set. CRC Press. p. 620. ISBN 978-1-4200-0322-2.
  3. Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel ex Steudel, Ernst Gottlieb von 1854. Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 1: 145-146 in Latin
  4. Tropicos, Dichaetaria Nees ex Steud.
  5. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  6. Gamble, James Sykes (1928). Flora of the Presidency of Madras: Ranunculaceae to opiliaceae. West, Newman and Adlard. p. 1829.
  7. Bor, N. L. 1960. Grass. Burma, Ceylon, India & Pakistan i–767. Pergamon Press, Oxford


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