Article · Wikipedia archive · Last revised Jul 7, 2026

Disakisperma

Disakisperma is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to North and South America, Africa, and the Arabian Peninsula.SpeciesDisakisperma dubium (Kunth) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow - Mexico, Honduras, South America, United States Disakisperma eleusine (Nees) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow - South Africa, Mozambique, Lesotho, Eswatini, Namibia, Botswana Disakisperma obtusiflorum (Hochst.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow - Zaire, Burundi, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, Angola, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Saudi Arabia, Yemen Disakisperma yemenicum (Schweinf.) P.M. Peterson & N. Snow - Yemen, Eritrea

Last revised
Jul 7, 2026
Read time
≈ 1 min
Length
203 w
Citations
7
Source
Disakisperma
Disakisperma dubium
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: Disakisperma
Steud.
Type species
Disakisperma mexicanum (syn. of D. dubium)1
Synonyms1
  • Ipnum Phil.

Disakisperma is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to North and South America, Africa, and the Arabian Peninsula.

Species123
References

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Snow, N. and P.M. Peterson. 2012. Nomenclatural notes on Dinebra, Diplachne, Disakisperma, and Leptochloa (Poaceae: Chloridoideae). Phytoneuron 2012-71: 1–2.
  3. Snow, N; Peterson, P; Romaschenko, K; 2013: Systematics of Disakisperma (Poaceae, Chloridoideae, Chlorideae) PhytoKeys, 26: 21-70. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.26.5649
  4. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
  5. Peterson, Paul M. 2013. PhytoKeys 26: 63

Data related to Disakisperma at Wikispecies