Dichanthium caricosum
A species in the Poaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Dichanthium
- Species
- Dichanthium caricosum
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1921
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Dichanthium caricosum. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
18 synonyms in this snapshot
- Andropogon annulatus var. subrepensName author: Hack.
- Andropogon binatusName author: Roxb.
- Andropogon caricosusName author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)
- Andropogon caricosus subsp. genuinusName author: Hack.
- Andropogon curvatusName author: Russell ex Wall.
- Andropogon depressusName author: Steud.
- Andropogon filiformisName author: Pers.
- Andropogon serratusName author: Retz.
- Andropogon tenellusName author: Roxb.
- Apocopis pallidusName author: Hook.f.
- Dichanthium caricosum var. bilobumName author: Y.Mahesh, Rasingam & J.Swamy
- Dichanthium caricosum var. theinlwiniiName author: (Bor) de Wet & Harlan
- Dichanthium pallidumName author: (Hook.f.) Stapf ex C.E.C.Fisch.
- Dichanthium theinlwiniiName author: Bor
- Heteropogon concinnusName author: Thwaites
- Heteropogon tenellusName author: (Roxb.) Schult.
- Lepeocercis serrataName author: Trin.
- Sorghum caricosumName author: (L.) Kuntze
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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