Zoysia japonica

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: Zoysia japonica

Zoysia japonica Steud., 1854

Homotypic
- Zoysia pungens var. japonica (Steud.) Hack., Bull. Herb. Boissier 7: 642 (1899).
- Osterdamia japonica (Steud.) Hitchc., Bull. U.S.D.A. 772: 166 (1920).
- Zoysia matrella var. japonica (Steud.) Sasaki, List Pl. Formosa: 80 (1928).
- Zoysia matrella subsp. japonica (Steud.) Masam. & Yanagita, Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 31: 327 (1941).
Heterotypic
- Zoysia koreana Mez, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 146 (1921).
- Zoysia japonica var. pallida Honda, Koryo-shikenrin-no-ippan: 22 (1932).
- Zoysia japonica f. macrostachya H.D.Dong & L.J.Gong, Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 17: 364 (1997).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: China
  - China North-Central, China Southeast, Manchuria
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Ogasawara-shoto, Primorye, Taiwan
- Introduced into:
  - Alabama, California, Fiji, Florida, Honduras, Illinois, India, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Marianas, Maryland, Myanmar, Ontario, Puerto Rico, Tennessee, Virginia

Steudel, E. 1853–1854. Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum. Pars I. Gramineae. 475 pp. J.B.Metzler, Stuttgardiae. BHL Reference page. : 1:414.

Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Zoysia japonica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 14. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Zoysia japonica. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 14. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Zoysia japonica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 September 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Zoysia japonica. Published online. Accessed: September 14 2022.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Zoysia japonica in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

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