Distichlis | |
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Distichlis spicata | |
Scientific classification | |
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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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]
Species included in Distichlis include: [1] [7]
Species formerly included in Distichlis include: [1]
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Briza is a genus of annual and perennial plants in the grass family, native to northern temperate regions of Eurasia, North Africa, and certain islands in the Atlantic.
Pennisetum is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to tropical and warm temperate regions of the world. They are known commonly as fountaingrasses. Pennisetum is considered a synonym of Cenchrus in Kew's Plants of the World Online.
Poa flabellata, commonly known as tussac grass or just tussac, is a tussock grass native to southern South America, the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and other islands in the South Atlantic. There are also two isolated records from the herbarium at the French Muséum national d'histoire naturelle for the Île Amsterdam in the Indian Ocean.
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Bouteloua is a genus of plants in the grass family. Members of the genus are commonly known as grama grass.
Brachypodium is a genus of plants in the grass family, widespread across much of Africa, Eurasia, and Latin America. The genus is classified in its own tribe Brachypodieae.
Danthonia is a genus of Eurasian, North African, and American plants in the grass family. Members of this genus are sometimes referred to as oatgrass, but that common name is not restricted to this genus. Other common names include heathgrass and wallaby grass. Australian species have since been reclassified into the genus Rytidosperma.
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Muhlenbergia is a genus of plants in the grass family.
Uniola is a genus of New World plants in the grass family.
Polypogon is a nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, commonly known beard grass or rabbitsfoot grass.
Glyceria is a widespread genus of grass family common across Eurasia, Australia, North Africa, and the Americas.
Imperata is a small but widespread genus of tropical and subtropical grasses, commonly known as satintails.
Piptochaetium, or speargrass, is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to North and South America. Piptochaetium is a bunchgrass genus in the tribe Stipeae.
Eustachys is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. It is native primarily to warmer parts of the Americas, with a few species in Africa and Asia.
Allolepis is a genus of North American plants in the grass family.
Catabrosa is a small but widespread genus of plants in the grass family native to temperate areas of Eurasia, the Americas, and a few places in Africa.
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