Taxon:  Zoysia matrella (L.) Merr.



Summary
Genus:
Zoysia
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Zoysieae
Subtribe:
Zoysiinae
Nomen number:
42307
Place of publication:
Philipp. J. Sci., C 7:230.  1912
Verified:
02/10/2006 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Zoysia matrella (L.) Merr. var. matrella (0 active accession[s])
Zoysia matrella (L.) Merr. var. pacifica Goudswaard (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Agrostis matrella L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Osterdamia matrella (L.) Kuntze

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Zoysia pungens Willd.

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Reference(s)
  1. Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: Revised version of AH 170
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  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
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  11. Koyama, T. 1987. Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions
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  14. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
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  19. 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:234.
  20. Villaseñor, J. L. & F. J. Espinoza-Garcia. 2004. The alien flowering plants of Mexico. Diversity & Distrib. 10:113-123.
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  22. Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands.
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  24. 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary. Note: re. common names
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English flawn 1 Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
English Japanese carpet grass 1 Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
English Korean grass 1 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:234.
English Manila grass 1 Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English siglap grass 1 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:234.
English zoysia 1 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary. Note: re. common names
English zoysia grass 1 Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
French chiendent gazon 2 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:234.
Japanese Rōmaji harishiba 2 Koyama, T. 1987. Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions
Japanese Rōmaji kōshun-shiba 2 Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands.
Spanish hierba Manila 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanRyukyu Islands 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHainan 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
1NativeAsia-TropicalPapuasiaSolomon Islands  
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueenslandn.e.
1NativePacificNorthwestern PacificNorthern Mariana Islands  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia  
4NaturalizedNorthern America Mexico  
4NaturalizedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuador  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Guangdong, Hainan]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Ryukyu Islands], Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka
  • PAPUASIA: Solomon Islands
  • INDO-CHINA: Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Queensland (n.e.)]
Pacific
  • NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Northern Mariana Islands
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
  • MALESIA: Malaysia
Southern America
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia
Naturalized
Northern America
  • REGION: Mexico
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
Southern America
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Ecuador
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforage 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:234.
Environmentalerosion control 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:234.
Environmentallawn/turffor lawnsHuxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grinczech.vurv.cz/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=42307. Accessed 7 May 2024.