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Dichaetaria
Nees ex Steud.
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Dichaetaria wightii
Nees ex Steud.
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- Gymnopogon wightii (Nees ex Steud.) Koord.
- Gymnopogon rigidus Thwaites
- Aristida linarifolia Rottler ex Hook.f.
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Dichaetaria is a genus of South Asian plants in the grass family.[2][3][4][5]
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]
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ 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.
- ^ Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel ex Steudel, Ernst Gottlieb von 1854. Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 1: 145-146 in Latin
- ^ Tropicos, Dichaetaria Nees ex Steud.
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ Gamble, James Sykes (1928). Flora of the Presidency of Madras: Ranunculaceae to opiliaceae. West, Newman and Adlard. p. 1829.
- ^ Bor, N. L. 1960. Grass. Burma, Ceylon, India & Pakistan i–767. Pergamon Press, Oxford