Zoysia matrella

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Zoysia matrella (L.) Merr., Philipp. J. Sci., C 7: 230. (1912)

Basionym
- Agrostis matrella L., Mant. Pl. 2: 185 (1771)
Homotypic
- Matrella juncea Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 73 (1805).
- Osterdamia matrella (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 781 (1891).
- Osterdamia zoysia Honda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 36: 113 (1922), nom. superfl.
- Zoysia matrella var. typica Sasaki, List Pl. Formosa: 80 (1928), not validly publ.

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Indian subcontinent
  - Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka
- Regional: China
  - China Southeast, Hainan, South China Sea, Taiwan
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Kazan-retto, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Ogasawara-shoto
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Southeastern Asia
  - Borneo, Caroline Is., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Is., Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
Continental: Australasia
- Regional: Papuasia
  - New Guinea
- Regional: Australia
  - Queensland
Introduced into:
- Alabama, Bahamas, Benin, Bermuda, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Cayman Is., Christmas I., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Florida, Gabon, Galápagos, Georgia, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Maldives, Marquesas, Mauritius, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Réunion, Samoa, Society Is., Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., West Himalaya

Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Zoysia matrella in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 14. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Zoysia matrella in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Sept. 11. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Zoysia matrella. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 11 2022.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Zoysia matrella in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

English: Manila Grass
한국어: 금잔디
中文: 沟叶结缕草