Dimeria

Dimeria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Andropogonodae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Subtribe: Ischaeminae
Genus: Dimeria
R.Br.
Type species
Dimeria acinaciformis
Synonyms[1]
  • Didactylon Zoll. & Moritzi
  • Haplachne J.Presl
  • Psilostachys Steud. 1854, illegitimate homonym not Turcz. 1843 (Euphorbiaceae) nor Hochst. 1844 (Amaranthaceae)
  • Pterygostachyum Nees ex Steud.
  • Woodrowia Stapf
Spikelet of Dimeria raizadae, an endemic species of Kerala, India

Dimeria is a genus of Asian, Australian, Madagascan, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family, mostly distributed in Peninsular India[2][3][4][5][6]

The genus is characterised by its tough raceme rachis bearing strongly compressed single spikelets. It is believed that peninsular India, which has 42 taxa (including 7 infra-specific taxa) and 23 endemic species, is the centre of its distribution.[7][8]

Species[9][7][10][6]
formerly included[1]

see Arthraxon, Nanooravia

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Brown, Robert 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 204
  3. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. ^ Atlas of Living Australia, Dimeria R.Br.
  5. ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 614 觿茅属 xi mao shu Dimeria R. Brown, Prodr. 204. 1810.
  6. ^ a b Kiranraj, M S (2008). "Taxonomic revision of the subtribe Dimeriinae Hack of Andropogoneae Panicoideae Poaceae in Peninsular India". Shodhganga : a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET.
  7. ^ a b Raj, M. S. Kiran; Sivadasan, M.; Veldkamp, J. F.; Alfarhan, A. H.; Tamimi, A. S. M. Amal (2015-06-25). "A revised infrageneric classification of Dimeria R. Br. (Poaceae: Andropogoneae)". Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy. 22 (1): 47–54. doi:10.3329/bjpt.v22i1.23866. ISSN 2224-7297.
  8. ^ Teerawatananon, Atchara; Boontia, Veeraya; Chantarasuwan, Bhanumas; Hodkinson, Trevor R.; Sungkaew, Sarawood (2014-11-27). "A taxonomic revision of the genus Dimeria (Poaceae: Panicoideae) in Thailand". Phytotaxa. 186 (3): 137. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.186.3.2. ISSN 1179-3163.
  9. ^ The Plant List search for Dimeria
  10. ^ "Dimeria R.Br. | COL". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2024-05-26.