{"id":1377595,"date":"2018-10-14T13:37:44","date_gmt":"2018-10-14T13:37:44","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T11:55:52","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T06:25:52","slug":"zoysia-matrella","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/zoysia-matrella\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoysia matrella"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Zoysia<\/i> matrella<\/i> (L.) Merr., Philipp. J. Sci., C 7: 230 1912<\/i>. (syn: Agrostis<\/span><\/i> matrella<\/span><\/i> L.<\/span><\/a>; Matrella<\/span><\/i> juncea<\/span><\/i> Pers.<\/span><\/a>; Milium<\/span><\/i> maritimum<\/span><\/i> J.Koenig ex Steud.<\/span><\/a> [Invalid]; Milium<\/span><\/i> matrella<\/span><\/i> (L.) Poir. ex Steud.<\/span><\/a> [Invalid]; Osterdamia<\/span><\/i> matrella<\/span><\/i> (L.) Kuntze<\/span><\/a>; Osterdamia<\/span><\/i> pungens<\/span><\/i> (Willd.) Baill.<\/span><\/a>; Osterdamia<\/span><\/i> tenuifolia<\/span><\/i> (Trin.) Kuntze<\/span><\/a>; Osterdamia<\/span><\/i> zoysia<\/span><\/i> Honda<\/span><\/a> [Illegitimate]; Osterdamia<\/span><\/i> zoysia<\/span><\/i> var.<\/span> tenuifolia<\/span><\/i> (Willd. ex Trin.) Honda<\/span><\/a>; Panicum<\/span><\/i> bradypus<\/span><\/i> Bory ex T.Durand & Schinz<\/span><\/a> [Invalid]; Panicum<\/span><\/i> crinum-ursi<\/span><\/i> Bory ex Steud.<\/span><\/a> [Invalid]; Rottboellia<\/span><\/i> uniflora<\/span><\/i> A.Cunn.<\/span><\/a> [Invalid]; Zoysia<\/span><\/i> aristata<\/span><\/i> C.Muell.<\/span><\/a>; Zoysia<\/span><\/i> griffithiana<\/span><\/i> C.Muell.<\/span><\/a>; Zoysia<\/span><\/i> malaccensis<\/span><\/i> Gand.<\/span><\/a>; Zoysia<\/span><\/i> matrella<\/span><\/i> var.<\/span> matrella<\/span><\/i> <\/a>; Zoysia<\/span><\/i> matrella<\/span><\/i> subsp.<\/span> tenuifolia<\/span><\/i> (Willd. ex Trin.) T.Koyama<\/span><\/a>; Zoysia<\/span><\/i> matrella<\/span><\/i> var.<\/span> tenuifolia<\/span><\/i> (Willd. ex Trin.) T.Koyama<\/span><\/a>; Zoysia<\/span><\/i> pungens<\/span><\/i> Willd.<\/span><\/a>; Zoysia<\/span><\/i> pungens<\/span><\/i> var.<\/span> tenuifolia<\/span><\/i> (Willd. ex Trin.) T.Durand & Schinz<\/span><\/a>; Zoysia<\/span><\/i> serrulata<\/span><\/i> Mez<\/span><\/a>; Zoysia<\/span><\/i> setacea<\/span><\/i> Nees ex Steud.<\/span><\/a> [Invalid]);<\/div>\n
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Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to NW. Pacific:<\/span> Bangladesh, Borneo, Caroline Is., China Southeast, Cocos (Keeling) Is., Hainan, India, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Is., Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam; Introduced into:<\/span> Alabama, Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Christmas I., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Florida, Georgia, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Hawaii, Ivory Coast, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Maldives, Marquesas, Mauritius, Mexico Southwest, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, R\u00e9union, Samoa, Society Is., Togo, Tokelau-Manihiki, Trinidad-Tobago, Tubuai Is.<\/span> as per POWO<\/span><\/a>;<\/div>\n
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Alabama; Bahamas; Bangladesh<\/span>; Bermuda; Borneo; Brazil Southeast; Brazil West-Central; Burkina; Caroline Is.; China Southeast; <\/span>Christmas I.; Cocos (Keeling) Is.; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Fiji; Florida; Georgia; Ghana; Gulf of Guinea Is.; Hainan; Haiti; Hawaii; India<\/span>; Ivory Coast; Japan; Jawa; Korea; Laos; Leeward Is.; Lesser Sunda Is.; Louisiana; Madagascar; Malaya; Maldives; Maluku; Marianas; Marquesas; Marshall Is.; Mauritius; Mexico Southwest; Myanmar<\/span>; Nansei-shoto; New Guinea; New Mexico; Nicaragua; Nicobar Is.;<\/span> Nigeria; North Carolina; Ogasawara-shoto; Philippines; Puerto Rico; Queensland; Rodrigues; Runion; Samoa; Society Is.; Solomon Is.; South China Sea; Sri Lanka; <\/span>Sulawesi; Sumatera; Taiwan; Thailand; Togo; Trinidad-Tobago; Tubuai Is.; Vietnam<\/span> as per Catalogue of Life<\/span><\/a>;
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\nCommon name:<\/b>\u00a0Manila Grass, Temple grass, Japanese carpet
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Annual herbs<\/span>; culms erect, to 10 cm long, to 0.5 mm wide. Leaf-sheaths 0.5-1 cm; ligule membranous, fimbriate, 0.5 mm; blades linear, 1-2.5 cm, rigid, convolute, base pilose. Raceme spiciform, solitary, to 2.5 cm. Spikelets ovoid, 2.5-3 mm, spiral, laterally compressed, 1-flowered, articulate on stout pedicel, appressed to rachis; pedicel to 0.5 mm; glume 1, coriaceous; lower glume 0; upper glume ovate-lanceolate, 2.5-3 mm, indurated, obscurely 3- nerved, somewhat apiculate; lemma lanceolate, to 2 mm, hyaline; palea narrow, to 1 mm. Anthers 3, to 1.5 mm. Caryopsis oblong-ovoid, to 1.5 mm, free within lemma and glume.<\/span><\/div>\n
Flowering and fruiting: March-September<\/span><\/div>\n
Banks of backwaters, streams and lakes, and mangrove forests<\/span><\/div>\n
Indo-Malesia, Australia and Mauritius
\n<\/span>(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi from <\/span>India Biodiversity Portal<\/span><\/a>)
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Grass ID from Bangladesh_SM_4017<\/a> : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1<\/span>)- 678 kb.<\/span>
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Grass ID from Bangladesh_SM_4015<\/a> : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1<\/span>)-\u00a0around 700\u00a0kb.<\/span>
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kindly send clear pic.<\/p>\n

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Looks like Zoysia matrella<\/i><\/p>\n

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“Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week: – 02042013MR15 from Pune for ID \u2014MR15”<\/a> : 3 images. 3 posts by 2 authors.<\/div>\n
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kindly help Id this grass in a private housing society<\/span> at Pune<\/span> told to me as lawn grass<\/span><\/p>\n

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Looks like Zoysia tenuifolia<\/i> (Japanese Blue Grass<\/b>). Try to find the inflorescence.<\/p>\n

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Isn’t it Cyanodon<\/em>\u00a0Sp.<\/p>\n

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References:
\n<\/span>POWO<\/span><\/a> \u00a0Catalogue of Life<\/a>\u00a0 The Plant List Ver.1.1<\/a> \u00a0WCSP<\/a> \u00a0IPNI<\/a> \u00a0India Biodiversity Portal<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Encyclopedia of Life<\/a> (Specimen) Asian Turfgrass Center<\/a>\u00a0 Cabi<\/a>\u00a0 Flowers of India<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Zoysia matrella (L.) Merr., Philipp. J. Sci., C 7: 230 1912. (syn: Agrostis matrella L.; Matrella juncea Pers.; Milium maritimum J.Koenig ex Steud. [Invalid]; Milium matrella (L.) Poir. ex Steud. [Invalid]; Osterdamia matrella (L.) Kuntze; Osterdamia pungens (Willd.) Baill.; Osterdamia tenuifolia (Trin.) Kuntze; Osterdamia zoysia Honda [Illegitimate]; Osterdamia zoysia var….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[8211],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1377595","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-zoysia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1377595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1377595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1377595\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1377595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1377595"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1377595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}