Hainardia

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Hainardia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Poodae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Parapholiinae
Genus: Hainardia
Greuter
Species:
H. cylindrica
Binomial name
Hainardia cylindrica
(Willd.) Greuter
Synonyms [1]
  • Rottboellia cylindricaWilld.
  • Ophiuros cylindricus(Willd.) P.Beauv.
  • Lepturus cylindricus(Willd.) Trin.
  • Monerma cylindrica(Willd.) Coss. & Durieu
  • Lolium cylindricum(Willd.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Rottboellia ramosaCav.
  • Rottboellia adscendensBrot.
  • Rottboellia subulataSavi
  • Monerma monandraP.Beauv.
  • Monerma ramosa(Cav.) Schult.
  • Lepturus ramosus(Cav.) Kunth
  • Lepturus subulatus(Savi) Kunth
  • Monerma simplexGaudich.
  • Ophiuros subulatusLink
  • Lepturus simplex(Gaudich.) Kunth
  • Lepturus cylindricus var. gracilis(Coss. & Durieu) Coss. & Durieu
  • Monerma cylindrica var. gracilisCoss. & Durieu
  • Monerma subulata(Savi) B.D.Jacks.
  • Lepturus cylindricus var. asperulusMaire

Hainardia is a genus of coastal plants in the grass family, native to the Mediterranean Basin. [2]

The only known species is Hainardia cylindrica, known by several common names, including barbgrass, [3] one-glumed hard-grass, [4] and thintail. It is native to the Mediterranean and to nearby regions from Madeira and the Canary Islands east to Crimea and Iran. It is also reportedly naturalized in coastal regions in scattered locales in Australia, New Zealand, the United States (CA OR TX LA SC), [5] Baja California, and temperate South America (Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile). [1] [6]

Hainardia cylindrica is an annual grass of salt marshes and estuaries, thriving in saline and alkaline soils in aquatic habitats. It has a branching stem reaching a maximum height near half a meter. The thready leaves are ribbed and rough to the touch on the upper surfaces. The top few centimeters of the stem is made up of a cylindrical inflorescence with each spikelet embedded into it and dividing it into segments which can break off. [7] [8] [9]

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