Dichaetaria is a monotypic genus of South Asian plants in the grass family.Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel ex Steudel, Ernst Gottlieb von 1854. Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 1: 145-146 in LatinTropicos, Dichaetaria Nees ex Steud.Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora Its only species is Dichaetaria wightii, native to southern India and Sri Lanka.

Dichaetaria wightii is a slender perennial herb with narrow flat leaves.Bor, N. L. 1960. Grass. Burma, Ceylon, India & Pakistan i–767. Pergamon Press, Oxford

References