Zoysia japonica Steudel

Zoysia japonica Steudel is an accepted species name sensu FNA Ed. Comm., 2003b.

Vernacular names

• zoysie du Japon McMurray & Lehela, 1999

• Japanese lawngrass FNA Ed. Comm., 2003b
• Korean lawngrass FNA Ed. Comm., 2003b

Synonyms

• Osterdamia japonica (Steudel) Hitchock TROPICOS
• Zoysia matrella subsp. japonica (Steudel) Masamune & Yanagita TROPICOS
• Zoysia matrella var. japonica (Steudel) Sasaki TROPICOS
• Zoysia pungens var. japonica (Steudel) Hackel TROPICOS

Distribution

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• Native
• Introduced
• Ephemeral
• Excluded
• Extirpated
• Doubtful
• Absent

Classification

Class	Equisetopsida
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Superorder	Lilianae
Order	Poales
Family	Poaceae
Subfamily	Chloridoideae
Tribe	Zoysieae
Subtribe	Zoysiinae
Genus	Zoysia
Species	Zoysia japonica

Habit

Herb