Dimeria

Dimeria
Scientific 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; R.Br.
Synonyms
	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;

Dimeria is a genus of Asian, Australian, Madagascan, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family, mostly distributed in Peninsular 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.


Species

Dimeria acinaciformis - Queensland, Northern Territory
Dimeria acutipes - Tamil Nadu
Dimeria agasthyamalayana - Kerala
Dimeria anadamanica - Andaman Island
Dimeria aristata - Sri Lanka
Dimeria avenacea - Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
Dimeria balakrishnaniana - Tamil Nadu
Dimeria ballardii - Sri Lanka
Dimeria bialata - Tamil Nadu
Dimeria chloridiformis - Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, New Guinea, Australia, Santa Cruz Islands, Micronesia
Dimeria connivens - Bihar, Odisha
Dimeria copeana - Kerala
Dimeria deccanensis - Tamil Nadu
Dimeria dipteros - New Guinea
Dimeria falcata - China, Indochina
Dimeria fischeri - Tamil Nadu
Dimeria fuscescens - Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar, Thailand
Dimeria glabriuscula - New Guinea
Dimeria gracilis - India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam
Dimeria guangxiensis - Guangxi
Dimeria hohenackeri - India, Myanmar
Dimeria jainii - India
Dimeria josephi - Kerala
Dimeria kalavoorensis - Kerala
Dimeria kaleri - Kerala
Dimeria kanjirapallilana - Kerala
Dimeria keenanii - Myanmar
Dimeria kerrii - Thailand
Dimeria kurzii - Indochina
Dimeria kurumthotticalana - Kerala
Dimeria lawsonii - India
Dimeria lehmannii - India, Sri Lanka
Dimeria leptorhachis - Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Pen. Malaysia
Dimeria madagascariensis - Madagascar
Dimeria mahendragiriensis - Odisha
Dimeria manongarivensis - Madagascar
Dimeria monostachya - New Guinea
Dimeria mooneyi - Odisha
Dimeria namboodiriana - Kerala
Dimeria neglecta - Primorye
Dimeria orissae - Odisha
Dimeria ornithopoda - Asia (from Oman to Japan + Philippines), New Guinea, Australia, Micronesia
Dimeria paniculata - Palau
Dimeria perrieri - Madagascar
Dimeria pubescens - India, Sri Lanka, Thailand
Dimeria raizadae - Kerala
Dimeria raviana - Kerala
Dimeria sinensis - Thailand, southern China
Dimeria solitaria - Guangdong
Dimeria stapfiana - Maharashtra
Dimeria thwaitesii - Sri Lanka, Indochina
Dimeria veldkampii - Goa
Dimeria woodrowii - Maharashtra

formerly included

see Arthraxon, Nanooravia

Dimeria scrobiculata - Arthraxon hispidus
Dimeria santapaui - Nanooravia santapaui
Dimeria keralae - Nanooravia santapaui

References

1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
↑ Brown, Robert 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 204
↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
↑ Atlas of Living Australia, Dimeria R.Br.
↑ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 614 觿茅属 xi mao shu Dimeria R. Brown, Prodr. 204. 1810.
1 2 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.
1 2 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.
↑ 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.
↑ The Plant List search for Dimeria
↑ "Dimeria R.Br. | COL". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2024-05-26.

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[h-1] 1 2 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.

[:1-6] 1 2 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.

[:0-7] 1 2 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.

Dimeria

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