Dimeria ornithopodaTrin.

birdfoot dimeria

WFO wfo-0000864651 Accepted WFO 2026-06 5 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–e · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Dimeria ornithopoda, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. a Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-10-18 / obs. 164405718
Dimeria ornithopoda, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. b Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 164405533
Dimeria ornithopoda, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. c Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 164405571
Dimeria ornithopoda, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. d Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 164405681
Dimeria ornithopoda, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. e Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 164405744

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Native range 31 botanical countries

Regions where Dimeria ornithopoda is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Oman, Taiwan, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia, Caroline Is., Marianas China South-CentralChina SoutheastJapanOmanTaiwanAssamBangladeshBorneoCambodiaIndiaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMyanmarNepalNew GuineaPhilippinesSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnamWest HimalayaNorthern TerritoryQueenslandWestern Australia KoreaNansei-shotoNicobar Is.Caroline Is.Marianas
Native distribution of Dimeria ornithopoda, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
New Guinea NWG
Nicobar Is. NCB
Philippines PHI
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Japan JAP
Korea KOR
Nansei-shoto NNS
Oman OMA
Taiwan TAI
Northern Territory NTA AUSTRALASIA
Queensland QLD
Western Australia WAU
Caroline Is. CRL PACIFIC
Marianas MRN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 38 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Andropogon filiformis Roxb.
  • Andropogon roxburghianus Schult.
  • Andropogon stipiformis Steud.
  • Chrysopogon filiformis Voigt
  • Didactylon ramosum Zoll. & Moritzi
  • Didactylon simplex Zoll. & Moritzi
  • Dimeria diandra Griff.
  • Dimeria filiformis Hochst. ex Miq.
  • Dimeria glabra Ridl.
  • Dimeria glabriuscula F.M.Bailey
  • Dimeria heterantha S.L.Chen & G.Y.Sheng
  • Dimeria higoensis Honda
  • Dimeria hirtella B.S.Sun
  • Dimeria mikii Honda
  • Dimeria ornithopoda f. subrobusta (Hack.) Ohwi
  • Dimeria ornithopoda subsp. ornithopoda
  • Dimeria ornithopoda subsp. subrobusta (Hack.) S.L.Chen & G.Y.Sheng
  • Dimeria ornithopoda subvar. imperfecta Hack.
  • Dimeria ornithopoda subvar. microchaeta Hack.
  • Dimeria ornithopoda var. filiformis Hack.
  • Dimeria ornithopoda var. glabra (Ridl.) Jansen
  • Dimeria ornithopoda var. gracillima Bor
  • Dimeria ornithopoda var. khasiana Bor
  • Dimeria ornithopoda var. megalantha Bor

and 14 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol DIORT. public domain. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.