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Taxon:  Diplachne fusca (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.



Summary
Genus:
Diplachne
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Subtribe:
Eleusininae
Nomen number:
14348
Place of publication:
Syst. veg. 2:615. 1817
Comment:
P. Beauv. did not actually make this combination in Ess. Agrostogr. (1812), although the index has a cross reference to Diplachne for Festuca fusca on p. 163
Verified:
10/16/2001 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 1  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Diplachne fusca (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. subsp. fascicularis (Lam.) P. M. Peterson & N. Snow (0 active accession[s])
Diplachne fusca (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. subsp. fusca (0 active accession[s])
Diplachne fusca (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. subsp. muelleri (Benth.) P. M. Peterson & N. Snow (0 active accession[s])
Diplachne fusca (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. subsp. uninervia (J. Presl) P. M. Peterson & N. Snow (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
  1. Bor, N. L. 1960. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan. Note: lists as Diplachne fusca (L.) P. Beauv.
  2. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. Note: lists as Diplachne fusca (L.) P. Beauv.
  3. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca. URL: http://www.kew.org/efloras/namesearch.do Note: = Leptochloa fusca (L.) Kunth
  4. Foreman, D. B. & N. G. Walsh. 1993-. Flora of Victoria.
  5. Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
  6. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: = Leptochloa fusca (L.) Kunth
  7. Koyama, T. 1987. Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions Note: lists as Diplachne fusca (L.) P. Beauv.
  8. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
  9. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
  10. Nowack, R. 1994. Revision of Leptochloa Beauv. (incl. Diplachne Beauv.) (Poaceae) in Malesia. Rheedea 4:84. Note: = Leptochloa malabarica (L.) Veldkamp
  11. Petersen, P. M. et al. 2012. A molecular phylogeny and classification of Leptochloa (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Chlorideae) sensu lato and related genera. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 109:1317-1330. URL: http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/by/year
  12. Snow, N. & G. Davidse. 1998. (1330) Proposal to reject the name Poa malabarica (Gramineae). Taxon 47:157-159. URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax Note: = Leptochloa fusca (L.) Kunth
  13. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: lists as Diplachne fusca (L.) Stapf
  14. Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 1994. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en la República Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47 Note: = Diplachne malabarica (L.) Merr.
Common names
English
brown beetle grass –
Distribution
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan, Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
  • PAPUASIA: Papua New Guinea
  • INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia, Northern Territory]
Northern America
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Indiana (n. & s.w.), Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan (s.), New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia (w.)]
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin]
  • NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho (s.w.), Montana (n.-c.), Oregon, Washington, Wyoming (s.e.)]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina (c.), South Carolina (e.), Tennessee, Virginia]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Zacatecas, Baja California (Norte), Baja California Sur]
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca]
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Hispaniola, Antigua and Barbuda [Antigua], Bahamas, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique, United States [Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S.]
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay
Economic Uses


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