Dallwatsonia Explained

Dallwatsonia is a genus of Australian, Asian, and Neotropical plants in the grass family.^[1] Most of the species have been incorporated into the genus only recently, transferred from Panicum in 2014.

The genus is named for Australian botanists Michael Dallwitz and Leslie Watson.^[2]

Species^{[3] [2] [4]}

• Dallwatsonia aurita (J. Presl ex Nees) J.R. Grande - India, China, southeast Asia, New Guinea^[5]
• Dallwatsonia bresolinii (L.B. Sm. & Wassh.) J.R. Grande - Santa Catarina
• Dallwatsonia condensata (Bertol.) J.R. Grande - Bahia, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo
• Dallwatsonia felliana B.K. Simon - Queensland in Australia^[6]
• Dallwatsonia hylaeica (Mez) J.R. Grande - widespread in Mesoamerica, South America, West Indies
• Dallwatsonia leptachne (Döll) J.R. Grande - Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo
• Dallwatsonia longa (Hitchc. & Chase) J.R. Grande - Veracruz in Mexico
• Dallwatsonia pilosa (Sw.) J.R. Grande - widespread in Mesoamerica, South America, West Indies
• Dallwatsonia polygonata (Schrad.) J.R. Grande - widespread in Mesoamerica, South America, West Indies
• Dallwatsonia stagnatilis (Hitchc. & Chase) J.R. Grande - Mesoamerica
• Dallwatsonia stevensiana (Hitchc. & Chase) J.R. Grande - West Indies, northern South America

Notes and References

1. Simon, Bryan Kenneth. 1992. Austrobaileya 3(4): 678
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44917937#page/1/mode/1up Grande Allende, José Ramón. 2014. Phytoneuron 2014(22): 1-6
3. http://www.tropicos.org/NameSearch.aspx?name=Dallwatsonia&commonname Tropicos, search for Dallwatsonia
4. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54744#page/784/mode/1up Zuloaga, F. O., R. P. Ellis & O. Morrone. 1992. A revision of Panicum subgenus Phanopyrum section Laxa (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 79(4): 770–818
5. Veldkamp, J. F. 1996. Revision of Panicum and Whiteochloa in Malesia (Gramineae-Paniceae). Blumea 41: 181–216.
6. http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:410704# Atlas of Living Australia