Plants of USA and Canada

Scientific or common name:

Zoysia matrella (L.) Merr.


POACEAE Family selection - Grass family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Zoysia matrella (L.) Merr. Taxon selection
Nomencl. ref.: Philipp. J. Sci. 7: 230 (1912)
Rank: species

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Common names

US name U.S. name: Manila grass
en English name: flawn
English name: Japanese carpet grass
Spanish name: hierba Manila
French name: chiendent gazon
Italian name: Erba di Manila

Grown habit: Graminoid
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:


Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Zoysia matrella (L.) Merr. ssp. tenuifolia (Willd. ex Thiele) T. Koyama
2) Zoysia matrella (L.) Merr. var. matrella
3) Zoysia matrella (L.) Merr. var. pacifica Gouds.
4) Zoysia matrella (L.) Merr. var. tenuifolia (Willd. ex Thiele) Sasaki



TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Cyperales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Zoysia
Species:


Page counter: 351 ( AVG: 223.14 / 292.366 )



Gallery:

Zoysia matrella
Zoysia matrella
Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. Washington, DC. - Non-Copyrighted Image


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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, FL, GA, HI, NC, NM), USA+ (Puerto Rico)

Distributional map for Zoysia matrella (L.) Merr.
Map for Zoysia matrella (L.) Merr.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA



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More species:
1) Zoysia matrella (L.) Merr. ssp. tenuifolia (Willd. ex Thiele) T. Koyama [134]
2) Zoysia tenuifolia Willd. ex Thiele [312]
3) Zuckia arizonica Standl. [143]
4) Zygodon gracilis Wilson var. americanus Grout [104]
5) Zygodon rufotomentosus E. Britton ex Malta [133]
6) Zygodon viridissimus (Dicks.) Brid. var. dentatus (Breidl.) Limpr. [130]
7) Zygophyllidium delicatulum Woot. & Standl. [139]

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