Diplachne fusca

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Diplachne fusca
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In its typical habitat
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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
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]

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. 1 2 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   9780849313035.