Diplachne fusca

Diplachne fusca
In its typical habitat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Chloridoideae
Genus:	Diplachne
Species:	D. fusca
Binomial name
Diplachne fusca (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. [2]
Synonyms [3]
List Bromus polystachiosForssk. Diplachne polystachiaBacker Festuca fuscaL. Leptochloa fusca(L.) Kunth Poa fusca(L.) Desf.

Diplachne fusca, called bearded sprangletop and Kallar grass, is a widespread species of grass in the genus Diplachne , native to North America, the Caribbean, South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia, and introduced in Europe, New Zealand and Hawaii, among other places. ^{[3] [4]} It prefers to live in salty, wet conditions, such as in salt marshes and shallow depressions. ^[5]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are currently accepted: ^[3]

• Diplachne fusca subsp. fascicularis(Lam.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
• Diplachne fusca subsp. fusca
• Diplachne fusca subsp. muelleri(Benth.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
• Diplachne fusca subsp. uninervia(J.Presl) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow

References

1. Lansdown, R.V. (2019). "Leptochloa fusca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T164100A120214516. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T164100A120214516.en . Retrieved 15 November 2024.
2. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 615 (1817)
3. "Diplachne fusca (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
4. Snow, Neil; Peterson, Paul M; Romaschenko, Konstantin; Simon, Bryan K (January 25, 2018), "Monograph of Diplachne (Poaceae, Chloridoideae, Cynodonteae)", PhytoKeys (93): 1–102, Bibcode:2018PhytK..93....1S, doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.93.21079 , PMC   5799776 , PMID   29416413
5. Quattrocchi, Umberto (26 April 2006). CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. CRC Press. p. 1202. ISBN   978-0-8493-1303-5.