Disakisperma Explained

Disakisperma is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to North and South America, Africa, and the Arabian Peninsula.

Species^{[1] [2]}

• Disakisperma dubium (Kunth) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow - Mexico, Honduras, South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia), United States (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Florida)^[3]
  • Disakisperma eleusine (Nees) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow - South Africa, Mozambique, Lesotho, Eswatini, Namibia, Botswana Disakisperma obtusiflorum (Hochst.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow - Zaire, Burundi, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, Angola, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
• Disakisperma yemenicum (Schweinf.) P.M. Peterson & N. Snow - Yemen, Eritrea^[4]

Notes and References

1. http://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0LEVj0eSsZUVP8Au.MnnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTEzdDZiNDVqBHNlYwNzcgRwb3MDMwRjb2xvA2JmMQR2dGlkA0ZGQUQwM18x/RV=2/RE=1422310046/RO=10/RU=http://www.phytoneuron.net/PhytoN-Leptochloa.pdf/RK=0/RS=jdmu92lNqbJCQMFYGIDBL7wxFbA- Snow, N. and P.M. Peterson. 2012. Nomenclatural notes on Dinebra, Diplachne, Disakisperma, and Leptochloa (Poaceae: Chloridoideae). Phytoneuron 2012-71: 1–2.
2. Snow, N; Peterson, P; Romaschenko, K; 2013: Systematics of Disakisperma (Poaceae, Chloridoideae, Chlorideae) PhytoKeys, 26: 21-70. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.26.5649
3. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Disakisperma%20dubium.png Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
4. Peterson, Paul M. 2013. PhytoKeys 26: 63