EPPO Global Database

Zoysia japonica(ZOYJA)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: ZOYJA
  • Preferred name: Zoysia japonica
  • Authority: Steudel

Notes

Russian Far East, China (including Taiwan), Japan, Korea. Cultivated as a lawn grass. Introduced in India, Indochina (Myanmar), Canada (Ontario), USA (California, some eastern states), Central America


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Zoysia pungens var. japonica Hackel

Common names
Name Language
Japanese lawngrass English
Korean lawngrass English
zoysia du Japon French
zoysia Spanish
zoisia del Giappone Italian
grama-esmeralda Portuguese
japanskt gräs Swedish
shiba Japanese
シバ Japanese
цойсия японская Russian
jié lǚ cǎo Chinese
结缕草 Chinese