| Dichaetaria | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Genus: | Dichaetaria Nees ex Steud.[1] |
| Species: | D. wightii
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| Binomial name | |
| Dichaetaria wightii Nees ex Steud.
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| Synonyms | |
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Dichaetaria is a monotypic genus of South Asian plants in the grass family.[2][3][4][5] Its only species is Dichaetaria wightii,[1] native to southern India and Sri Lanka.[2]
Dichaetaria wightii is a slender perennial herb with narrow flat leaves.[6][7]
- ^ a b "Dichaetaria Nees ex Steud." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
- ^ a b 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