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



Summary
Genus:
Diplachne
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Subtribe:
Eleusininae
Nomen number:
465475
Verified:
06/28/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Diplachne fusca (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. (0 active accession[s])
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. 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
Basionym
Festuca fusca L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Leptochloa fusca (L.) Kunth
Leptochloa fusca (L.) Kunth subsp. fusca

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Diplachne malabarica (L.) Merr.
Leptochloa malabarica (L.) Veldkamp
Poa malabarica L.
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Reference(s)
  1. Petersen, P. M. et al. 2012. A molecular phylogeny and classification of Leptochloa (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Chlorideae) sensu lato and related genera. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 109:1327.
Common names
English
beetle grass –
brown beetle grass –
littoral sprangletop –
swamp grass –
Distribution
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan, Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
  • INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia]
Economic Uses
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=465475. Accessed 14 March 2025.

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