Distichlis is a genus of American and Australian plants in the grass family.[2][3][4][5][6] Plants in this genus are dioecious, have rhizomes or stolons, and have conspicuously distichous leaves.[3]
| Distichlis | |
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| Distichlis spicata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
| Tribe: | Cynodonteae |
| Subtribe: | Monanthochloinae Pilg. ex Potztal |
| Genus: | Distichlis Raf. |
| Type species | |
| Distichlis maritima (syn of D. spicata) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species edit
Species included in Distichlis include:[1][7]
- Distichlis acerosa (Griseb.) H.L.Bell & Columbus – Argentina
- Distichlis australis (Speg.) Villamil – Argentina
- Distichlis bajaensis H.L.Bell – Mexico
- Distichlis distichophylla (Labill.) Fassett – Australia
- Distichlis eludens (Soderstr. & H.F.Decker) H.L.Bell & Columbus – Durango, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí
- Distichlis humilis Phil. – Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina
- Distichlis laxiflora Hack. – Argentina
- Distichlis littoralis (Engelm.) H.L.Bell & Columbus – California, Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Mexico, Bahamas, Cuba
- Distichlis palmeri (Vasey) Fassett ex I.M.Johnst. – Baja California, Sonora
- Distichlis scoparia (Kunth) Arechav. – Chile, Argentina, Uruguay
- Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene – from Newfoundland + Northwest Territories to Uruguay including Bahamas, Greater Antilles, Galápagos
Formerly included edit
Species formerly included in Distichlis include:[1]
- Distichlis ammobia – Poa obvallata
- Distichlis condensata – Eragrostis condensata
- Distichlis multinervosa – Vaseyochloa multinervosa
- Distichlis sudanensis – Aeluropus lagopoides
- Distichlis texana – Allolepis texana
- Distichlis volckmannii – Poa cumingii
References edit
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel 1819. Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts 89: 104
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Catasus Guerra, L. 1997. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, I. Fontqueria 46: [i–ii], 1–259
- ^ Negritto, M. A., L. R. Servivanti & A. M. Anton. 2003. 19. Poaceae, parte 5. Tribu Eragrostideae. Flora Fanerogámica Argentina 86: 1–68
- ^ Grassbase – The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ The Plant List, search for Distichlis
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