# Dimeria
> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dimeria
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dimeria.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimeria
> Source revision: 1338313219
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Dimeria santapaui M.R. Almeida.jpg
| display_parents = 3
| taxon = Dimeria
| authority = [R.Br.](/source/R.Br.)
| type_species = ''[Dimeria acinaciformis](/source/Dimeria_acinaciformis)''
| type_species_authority = [R.Br.](/source/R.Br.)
| synonyms_ref = [[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=451401 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]]
| synonyms = * ''Didactylon'' Zoll. & Moritzi
* ''Haplachne'' J.Presl
* ''Psilostachys'' Steud. 1854, illegitimate homonym not Turcz. 1843 ([Euphorbiaceae](/source/Euphorbiaceae)) nor Hochst. 1844 ([Amaranthaceae](/source/Amaranthaceae))
* ''Pterygostachyum'' Nees ex Steud.
* ''Woodrowia'' Stapf
}}
thumb|Spikelet of Dimeria raizadae, an endemic species of Kerala, India
thumb|'''''Dimeria santapaui''''' M.R. Almeida
'''''Dimeria''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [Asia](/source/Asia)n, [Australia](/source/Australia)n, [Madagascan](/source/Madagascar), and [Pacific Island](/source/Pacific_Island) plants in the [grass family](/source/Poaceae), mostly distributed in Peninsular India[[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2954360#page/72/mode/1up Brown, Robert 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 204]][[http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00193.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora]][[http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:416568#tab_classification Atlas of Living Australia, Dimeria R.Br.]][[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=110205 Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 614 觿茅属 xi mao shu ''Dimeria'' R. Brown, Prodr. 204. 1810. ]][{{Cite web |last=Kiranraj |first=M S |date=2008 |title=Taxonomic revision of the subtribe Dimeriinae Hack of Andropogoneae Panicoideae Poaceae in Peninsular India |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in:8443/jspui/handle/10603/7030 |website=Shodhganga : a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET}}]
The genus is characterised by its tough raceme rachis bearing strongly compressed single spikelets. It is believed that peninsular India, which has 42 taxa (including 7 infra-specific taxa) and 23 endemic species, is the centre of its distribution.[{{Cite journal |last=Teerawatananon |first=Atchara |last2=Boontia |first2=Veeraya |last3=Chantarasuwan |first3=Bhanumas |last4=Hodkinson |first4=Trevor R. |last5=Sungkaew |first5=Sarawood |date=2014-11-27 |title=A taxonomic revision of the genus Dimeria (Poaceae: Panicoideae) in Thailand |url=https://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.186.3.2 |journal=Phytotaxa |volume=186 |issue=3 |pages=137 |doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.186.3.2 |issn=1179-3163|url-access=subscription }}]
;
; Species[[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Dimeria The Plant List search for Dimeria]][{{Cite journal |last=Raj |first=M. S. Kiran |last2=Sivadasan |first2=M. |last3=Veldkamp |first3=J. F. |last4=Alfarhan |first4=A. H. |last5=Tamimi |first5=A. S. M. Amal |date=2015-06-25 |title=A revised infrageneric classification of Dimeria R. Br. (Poaceae: Andropogoneae) |url=https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/BJPT/article/view/23866 |journal=Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy |language=en |volume=22 |issue=1 |pages=47–54 |doi=10.3329/bjpt.v22i1.23866 |issn=2224-7297|doi-access=free }}][{{Cite web |title=Dimeria R.Br. {{!}} COL |url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/8VWYJ |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=www.catalogueoflife.org}}][
see ''[Arthraxon](/source/Arthraxon), [Nanooravia](/source/Nanooravia)''
* ''Dimeria scrobiculata - [Arthraxon hispidus](/source/Arthraxon_hispidus)''
* ''Dimeria santapaui - [Nanooravia santapaui](/source/Nanooravia_santapaui)''
* ''Dimeria keralae - [Nanooravia santapaui](/source/Nanooravia_santapaui)''
== See also ==
* [Tribe Andropogoneae](/source/Andropogoneae)
* [List of Poaceae genera](/source/List_of_Poaceae_genera)
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Taxonbar|from=Q2058360}}
Category:Andropogoneae
Category:Poaceae genera
{{Panicoideae-stub}}
---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Dimeria](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimeria) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimeria?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.
]