Zoysia

Zoysia macrantha
In cultivation

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Chloridoideae
Tribus: Zoysieae
Subtribus: Zoysiinae
Genus: Zoysia
Species: Z. japonica – Z. macrantha – Z. macrostachya – Z. matrella – Z. minima – Z. pacifica – Z. pauciflora – Z. seslerioides – Z. sinica
Nothospecies: Z. × forbesiana – Z. × hondana 

Name

Zoysia Willd., Neue Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 3: 440. (1801), nom. cons.

  • Type species: Zoysia matrella (L.) Merr., Philipp. J. Sci., C 7: 230. (1912)

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Osterdamia Neck. ex Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 781 (1891), nom. superfl.
  • Heterotypic
    • Matrella Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 73 (1805).
    • Brousemichea Balansa, J. Bot. (Morot) 4: 163 (1890).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa (introduced)
    • Regional: West Tropical Africa
      • Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Togo.
    • Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
      • Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands.
    • Regional: Western Indian Ocean
      • Mauritius, Madagascar, Réunion, Rodrigues.
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: Russian Far East
      • Primorye.
    • Regional: China
      • Hainan, Manchuria, China North-Central, China Southeast.
    • Regional: Eastern Asia
      • Japan, Korea, Kazan-retto, Nansei-shoto, Ogasawara-shoto, Taiwan.
  • Continental: Asia-Tropical
    • Regional: Indian Subcontinent
      • Bangladesh, India, Maldives (introduced), Sri Lanka, West Himalaya (introduced).
    • Regional: Indo-China
      • Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, South China Sea, Thailand, Vietnam.
    • Regional: Malesia
      • Borneo, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Christmas Island (introduced).
    • Regional: Papuasia
      • New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
  • Continental: Australasia
    • Regional: Australia
      • New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria.
    • Regional: New Zealand
      • New Zealand North, New Zealand South.
  • Continental: Pacific
    • Regional: Southwestern Pacific
      • Fiji, Samoa, Tokelau-Manihiki (introduced).
    • Regional: South-Central Pacific
      • Marquesas, Society Islands, Tuamotu, Tubuai Islands (introduced).
    • Regional: Northwestern Pacific
      • Caroline Islands, Marianas, Marshall Islands.
    • Regional: North-Central Pacific
      • Hawaii (introduced).
  • Continental: Northern America (introduced)
    • Regional: Eastern Canada
      • Ontario.
    • Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
      • Illinois.
    • Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Indiana.
    • Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
      • California.
    • Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico.
    • Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia.
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest.
  • Continental: Southern America (introduced)
    • Regional: Central America
      • Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua.
    • Regional: Caribbean
      • Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago.
    • Regional: Western South America
      • Colombia, Ecuador, Galápagos.
    • Regional: Brazil
      • Brazil West-Central, Brazil Southeast.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

  • Willdenow, C.L.v. 1801. Der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, neue Schriften 3: 440–441.

Vernacular names

English: Zoysia Grasses
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