Dinebra

Dinebra
Dinebra retroflexa (right plant)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Chloridoideae
Tribe:	Cynodonteae
Subtribe:	Eleusininae
Genus:	Dinebra Jacq. 1809 not DC. 1813 [1]
Type species
Dinebra arabica (syn of D. retroflexa) Jacq. [2]
Synonyms [3]
Drake-brockmaniaStapf HeterocarphaStapf & C.E.Hubb.

Dinebra is a genus of plants native to the world's tropics and the U.S.A.; it belongs to the grass family. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]}

Species ^[4]

• Dinebra aquatica (Scribn. & Merr.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
• Dinebra caudata (K.Schum.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
• Dinebra chinensis (L.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
• Dinebra coerulescens (Steud.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
• Dinebra decipiens (R.Br.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
• Dinebra divaricatissima (S.T.Blake) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
• Dinebra haareri (Stapf & C.E.Hubb.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
• Dinebra ligulata (Lazarides) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
• Dinebra marquisensis (F.Br.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
• Dinebra nealleyi (Vasey) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
• Dinebra panicea (Retz.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
• Dinebra panicoides (J.Presl) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
• Dinebra perrieri (A.Camus) Bosser
• Dinebra polycarpha S.M.Phillips
• Dinebra polystachyos (R.Br.) E.A.Kellogg
• Dinebra restusigluma N.Snow & P.M.Peterson
• Dinebra retroflexa (Vahl) Panz.
• Dinebra scabra (Nees) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
• Dinebra simoniana (N.Snow) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
• Dinebra somalensis (Stapf) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
• Dinebra southwoodii (N.Snow & B.K.Simon) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
• Dinebra squarrosa (Pilg.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
• Dinebra srilankensis (N.Snow) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
• Dinebra viscida (Scribn.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
• Dinebra xerophila (P.M.Peterson & Judz.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow

formerly included ^[3]

see Bouteloua Brachypodium Cutandia Desmostachya Enteropogon Heteranthoecia Leptochloa Tripogon Wangenheimia

• Dinebra americana - Bouteloua americana
• Dinebra aquatica - Leptochloa aquatica
• Dinebra aristidoides - Bouteloua aristidoides
• Dinebra bromoides - Bouteloua radicosa
• Dinebra calycina - Tripogon bromoides
• Dinebra caudata - Leptochloa caudata
• Dinebra chinensis - Leptochloa chinensis
• Dinebra chloridea - Enteropogon chlorideus
• Dinebra chondrosioides - Bouteloua chondrosioides
• Dinebra coerulescens - Leptochloa coerulescens
• Dinebra cristata - Bouteloua triaena
• Dinebra curtipendula - Bouteloua curtipendula
• Dinebra decipiens - Leptochloa decipiens
• Dinebra divaricata - Cutandia memphitica
• Dinebra divaricatissima - Leptochloa divaricatissima
• Dinebra dura - Desmostachya bipinnata
• Dinebra guineensis - Heteranthoecia guineensis
• Dinebra hirsuta - Bouteloua aristidoides
• Dinebra hirta - Leptochloa hirta
• Dinebra juncifolia - Bouteloua repens
• Dinebra ligulata - Leptochloa ligulata
• Dinebra lima - Wangenheimia lima
• Dinebra melicoides - Bouteloua curtipendula
• Dinebra nealleyi - Leptochloa nealleyi
• Dinebra neesii - Leptochloa neesii
• Dinebra panicea - Leptochloa panicea
• Dinebra panicoides - Leptochloa panicoides
• Dinebra pubescens - Brachypodium flexum
• Dinebra repens - Bouteloua repens
• Dinebra scabra - Leptochloa scabra
• Dinebra secunda - Bouteloua curtipendula
• Dinebra simoniana - Bouteloua curtipendula
• Dinebra southwoodii - Leptochloa southwoodii
• Dinebra squarrosa - Leptochloa squarrosa
• Dinebra srilankensis - Leptochloa srilankensis
• Dinebra tuaensis - Heteranthoecia guineensis
• Dinebra verticillata - Leptochloa wightiana

References

1. The International Plant Names Index
2. Tropicos, Dinebra Jacq.
3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. "Dinebra Jacq". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved August 25, 2025.
5. Jacquin, Nicolaus (Nicolaas) Joseph von 1809. Fragmenta Botanica page 77 description in Latin
6. Jacquin, Nicolaus (Nicolaas) Joseph von 1809. Fragmenta Botanica plate 121, figure 1 color depiction of Dinebra arabica (syn of D. retroflexa)
7. Peterson, P. M., K. Romaschenko, N. W. Snow & G. Johnson. 2012. A molecular phylogeny and classification of Leptochloa (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Chlorideae) sensu lato and related genera. Annals of Botany, n.s. Oxford 109: 1317–1329.
8. Peterson, P. M. 2001. Dinebra. In Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae): II. Subfamily Chloridoideae. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 41: 67–68
9. Jørgensen, P. M., M. H. Nee & S. G. Beck. 2014. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. 127(1–2): i–viii, 1–1744. In P. M. Jørgensen, M. H. Nee & S. G. Beck (eds.) Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia, Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis
10. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora