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]

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

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

See Also edit

References edit

  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.