Biology:Dimeria

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Dimeria santapaui M.R. Almeida

Dimeria is a genus of Asian, Australian, Madagascan, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family, mostly distributed in Peninsular India[1][2][3][4][5]

The genus is characterised by its tough raceme rachis bearing strongly compressed single spikelets. It is believed that peninsular India, which has 42 taxa (including 7 infra-specific taxa) and 23 endemic species, is the centre of its distribution.[6][7]

Species[8][6][9][5]
  • Dimeria acinaciformis - Queensland, Northern Territory
  • Dimeria acutipes - Tamil Nadu
  • Dimeria agasthyamalayana - Kerala
  • Dimeria anadamanica - Andaman Island
  • Dimeria aristata - Sri Lanka
  • Dimeria avenacea - Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
  • Dimeria balakrishnaniana - Tamil Nadu
  • Dimeria ballardii - Sri Lanka
  • Dimeria bialata - Tamil Nadu
  • Dimeria chloridiformis - Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, New Guinea, Australia, Santa Cruz Islands, Micronesia
  • Dimeria connivens - Bihar, Odisha
  • Dimeria copeana - Kerala
  • Dimeria deccanensis - Tamil Nadu
  • Dimeria dipteros - New Guinea
  • Dimeria falcata - China, Indochina
  • Dimeria fischeri - Tamil Nadu
  • Dimeria fuscescens - Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar, Thailand
  • Dimeria glabriuscula - New Guinea
  • Dimeria gracilis - India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam
  • Dimeria guangxiensis - Guangxi
  • Dimeria hohenackeri - India, Myanmar
  • Dimeria jainii - India
  • Dimeria josephi - Kerala
  • Dimeria kalavoorensis - Kerala
  • Dimeria kaleri - Kerala
  • Dimeria kanjirapallilana - Kerala
  • Dimeria keenanii - Myanmar
  • Dimeria kerrii - Thailand
  • Dimeria kurzii - Indochina
  • Dimeria kurumthotticalana - Kerala
  • Dimeria lawsonii - India
  • Dimeria lehmannii - India, Sri Lanka
  • Dimeria leptorhachis - Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Pen. Malaysia
  • Dimeria madagascariensis - Madagascar
  • Dimeria mahendragiriensis - Odisha
  • Dimeria manongarivensis - Madagascar
  • Dimeria monostachya - New Guinea
  • Dimeria mooneyi - Odisha
  • Dimeria namboodiriana - Kerala
  • Dimeria neglecta - Primorye
  • Dimeria orissae - Odisha
  • Dimeria ornithopoda - Asia (from Oman to Japan + Philippines), New Guinea, Australia, Micronesia
  • Dimeria paniculata - Palau
  • Dimeria perrieri - Madagascar
  • Dimeria pubescens - India, Sri Lanka, Thailand
  • Dimeria raizadae - Kerala
  • Dimeria raviana - Kerala
  • Dimeria sinensis - Thailand, southern China
  • Dimeria solitaria - Guangdong
  • Dimeria stapfiana - Maharashtra
  • Dimeria thwaitesii - Sri Lanka, Indochina
  • Dimeria veldkampii - Goa
  • Dimeria woodrowii - Maharashtra
formerly included[10]

see Arthraxon, Nanooravia

  • Dimeria scrobiculata - Arthraxon hispidus
  • Dimeria santapaui - Nanooravia santapaui
  • Dimeria keralae - Nanooravia santapaui

See also

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2058360 entry