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Dinebra

Dinebra is a genus of plants native to the world's tropics and the U.S.A.; it belongs to the grass family.

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Dinebra
Dinebra retroflexa (right plant)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Subtribe: Eleusininae
Genus: Dinebra
Jacq. 1809 not DC. 18131
Type species
Dinebra arabica
(syn of D. retroflexa)
Synonyms3
  • Drake-brockmania Stapf
  • Heterocarpha Stapf & C.E.Hubb.

Dinebra is a genus of plants native to the world's tropics and the U.S.A.; it belongs to the grass family.456789 10

Species

Source:4

  • Dinebra aquatica (Scribn. & Merr.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
  • Dinebra caudata (K.Schum.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
  • Dinebra chinensis (L.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
  • Dinebra coerulescens (Steud.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
  • Dinebra decipiens (R.Br.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
  • Dinebra divaricatissima (S.T.Blake) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
  • Dinebra haareri (Stapf & C.E.Hubb.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
  • Dinebra ligulata (Lazarides) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
  • Dinebra marquisensis (F.Br.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
  • Dinebra nealleyi (Vasey) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
  • Dinebra panicea (Retz.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
  • Dinebra panicoides (J.Presl) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
  • Dinebra perrieri (A.Camus) Bosser
  • Dinebra polycarpha S.M.Phillips
  • Dinebra polystachyos (R.Br.) E.A.Kellogg
  • Dinebra restusigluma N.Snow & P.M.Peterson
  • Dinebra retroflexa (Vahl) Panz.
  • Dinebra scabra (Nees) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
  • Dinebra simoniana (N.Snow) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
  • Dinebra somalensis (Stapf) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
  • Dinebra southwoodii (N.Snow & B.K.Simon) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
  • Dinebra squarrosa (Pilg.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
  • Dinebra srilankensis (N.Snow) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
  • Dinebra viscida (Scribn.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
  • Dinebra xerophila (P.M.Peterson & Judz.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
formerly included3

see Bouteloua Brachypodium Cutandia Desmostachya Enteropogon Heteranthoecia Leptochloa Tripogon Wangenheimia

References

References

  1. The International Plant Names Index
  2. Tropicos, Dinebra Jacq.
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. "Dinebra Jacq". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved August 25, 2025.
  5. Jacquin, Nicolaus (Nicolaas) Joseph von 1809. Fragmenta Botanica page 77 description in Latin
  6. Jacquin, Nicolaus (Nicolaas) Joseph von 1809. Fragmenta Botanica plate 121, figure 1 color depiction of Dinebra arabica (syn of D. retroflexa)
  7. Peterson, P. M., K. Romaschenko, N. W. Snow & G. Johnson. 2012. A molecular phylogeny and classification of Leptochloa (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Chlorideae) sensu lato and related genera. Annals of Botany, n.s. Oxford 109: 1317–1329.
  8. Peterson, P. M. 2001. Dinebra. In Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae): II. Subfamily Chloridoideae. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 41: 67–68
  9. Jørgensen, P. M., M. H. Nee & S. G. Beck. 2014. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. 127(1–2): i–viii, 1–1744. In P. M. Jørgensen, M. H. Nee & S. G. Beck (eds.) Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia, Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis
  10. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora