Distichlis

Distichlis
Distichlis spicata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Aeluropodeae[1]
Genus: Distichlis
Type species
Distichlis maritima
(syn of D. spicata)
Synonyms[2]
  • Reederochloa Soderstr. & H.F.Decker
  • Monanthochloe Engelm.
  • Halochloa Griseb. 1879, illegitimate homonym not Kütz. 1843
  • Brizopyrum J.Presl 1830, illegitimate homonym not Link 1827 nor Stapf 1898

Distichlis is a genus of American and Australian plants in the grass family.[3][4][5][6][7]

Species

[2][8]

  1. Distichlis acerosa (Griseb.) H.L.Bell & Columbus – Argentina
  2. Distichlis australis (Speg.) Villamil – Argentina
  3. Distichlis distichophylla (Labill.) Fassett – Australia
  4. Distichlis eludens (Soderstr. & H.F.Decker) H.L.Bell & Columbus – Durango, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí
  5. Distichlis humilis Phil. – Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina
  6. Distichlis laxiflora Hack. – Argentina
  7. Distichlis littoralis (Engelm.) H.L.Bell & Columbus – California, Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Mexico, Bahamas, Cuba
  8. Distichlis palmeri (Vasey) Fassett ex I.M.Johnst. – Baja California, Sonora
  9. Distichlis scoparia (Kunth) Arechav. – Chile, Argentina, Uruguay
  10. Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene – from Newfoundland + Northwest Territories to Uruguay including Bahamas, Greater Antilles, Galápagos

Formerly included

[2] see Aeluropus Allolepis Eragrostis Poa Vaseyochloa

References

  1. ↑ Vascular Plant taxonomy Dirk R. walter David J. Keil
  2. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel 1819. Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts 89: 104
  4. ↑ Bell, H. L. & J. T. Columbus. 2008. Proposal for an expanded Distichlis (Poaceae, Chloridoideae): Support from molecular, morphological, and anatomical characters. Systematic Botany (3): 536–551.
  5. ↑ Catasus Guerra, L. 1997. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, I. Fontqueria 46: [i–ii], 1–259
  6. ↑ Negritto, M. A., L. R. Servivanti & A. M. Anton. 2003. 19. Poaceae, parte 5. Tribu Eragrostideae. Flora Fanerogámica Argentina 86: 1–68
  7. ↑ Grassbase – The World Online Grass Flora
  8. ↑ The Plant List, search for Distichlis


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