Distichlis spicata

Distichlis spicata

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Poales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Chloridoideae
Tribus: Cynodonteae
Subtribus: Monanthochloinae
Genus: Distichlis
Species: Distichlis spicata

Name

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Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene, 1887

Synonyms

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  • Basionym
    • Uniola spicata L., Sp. Pl.: 71 (1753).
  • Homotypic
    • Briza spicata (L.) Lam., Encycl. 1: 465 (1785), nom. illeg.
    • Distichlis maritima Raf., J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts 89: 104 (1819), nom. superfl.
    • Brizopyrum americanum Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 160 (1827), nom. superfl.
    • Brizopyrum spicatum (L.) Hook. & Arn., Bot. Beechey Voy.: 430 (1841).
  • Heterotypic
    • Briza spicata Burm.f., Fl. Indica, Prodr. Fl. Cap.: 3 (1768).
    • Festuca triticoides Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 1: 191 (1791).
    • Triticum peruvianum Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 1: 212 (1792).
    • Festuca distichophylla Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 67 (1803).
    • Poa dactyloides Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 163 (1816), nom. illeg.
    • Poa prostrata Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 157 (1816).
    • Poa thalassica Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 157 (1816).
    • Agropyron peruvianum (Lam.) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 761 (1817).
    • Megastachya prostrata (Kunth) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 590 (1817).
    • Megastachya thalassica (Kunth) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 590 (1817).
    • Uniola distichophylla (Michx.) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 596 (1817), nom. illeg.
    • Festuca spicata Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 72 (1818), nom. illeg.
    • Distichlis nodosa Raf., J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts 89: 104 (1819), nom. superfl.
    • Uniola stricta Torr., Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 1: 155 (1824).
    • Poa michauxii Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 111 (1829).
    • Brizopyrum boreale J.Presl in C.B.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 280 (1830).
    • Uniola thalassica (Kunth) Trin., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 1: 359 (1830).
    • Brachypodium peruvianum (Lam.) Roem. & Schult. ex Kunth, Enum. Pl. 1: 543 (1833).
    • Festuca triticea Kunth, Enum. Pl. 1: 325 (1833), not validly publ.
    • Poa borealis (J.Presl) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 1: 326 (1833).
    • Poa subulata Bosc ex Kunth, Enum. Pl. 1: 325 (1833), pro syn.
    • Uniola multiflora Nutt., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 5: 148 (1835).
    • Uniola prostrata (Kunth) Trin., Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 1: 68 (1836).
    • Brizopyrum thalassicum (Kunth) Nees, Gramineae: 29 (1841).
    • Eragrostis thalassica Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 111 (1841), pro syn.
    • Poa repens Willd. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 362 (1841), pro syn.
    • Uniola pungens Rupr. ex M.Martens & Galeotti, Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 9(2): 234 (1842), nom. nud.
    • Brizopyrum ovatum Nees ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 282 (1854).
    • Distichlis prostrata (Kunth) É.Desv. in C.Gay, Fl. Chil. 6: 398 (1854).
    • Distichlis thalassica É.Desv. in C.Gay, Fl. Chil. 6: 397 (1854).
    • Uniola flexuosa Buckley, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14: 99 (1862 publ. 1863).
    • Distichlis deserticola Phil., Anales Univ. Chile 36: 209 (1870).
    • Distichlis hirsuta Phil., Anales Univ. Chile 36: 269 (1870).
    • Distichlis mendocina Phil., Anales Univ. Chile 36: 209 (1870).
    • Brizopyrum spicatum var. strictum (Torr.) S.Watson, Botany [Fortieth Parallel]: 385 (1871).
    • Distichlis hirta Phil., Anales Univ. Chile 43: 570 (1873).
    • Brizopyrum prostratum (Kunth) Benth. ex E.Fourn., Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 15: 474 (1876).
    • Distichlis thalassica var. pectinata Griseb., Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 291 (1879).
    • Distichlis marginata var. stricta (Torr.) Thurb. in S.Watson & al., Bot. California 2: 306 (1880).
    • Distichlis maritima var. stricta (Torr.) Thurb. in S.Watson & al., Bot. California 2: 306 (1880).
    • Brizopyrum prostratum var. erectum E.Fourn., Mexic. Pl. 2: 120 (1886).
    • Brizopyrum prostratum var. humile E.Fourn., Mexic. Pl. 2: 120 (1886).
    • Distichlis marginata Phil., Verz. Antofagasta Pfl.: 86 (1891).
    • Distichlis maritima var. laxa Holm, Bot. Gaz. 16: 277 (1891).
    • Distichlis spicata var. stricta (Torr.) Scribn., Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 51 (1894).
    • Distichlis spicata var. laxa Beal, Grass. N. Amer. 2: 519 (1896).
    • Distichlis araucana Phil., Anales Univ. Chile 94: 162 (1897).
    • Distichlis tenuifolia Phil., Anales Univ. Chile 94: 162 (1897).
    • Distichlis thalassica var. mendocina (Phil.) Kurtz, Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. Republ. Argent. 15: 521 (1897).
    • Distichlis viridis Phil., Anales Univ. Chile 94: 163 (1897).
    • Distichlis spicata f. hirta (Phil.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 350 (1898).
    • Distichlis spicata var. marginata (Phil.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 350 (1898).
    • Distichlis spicata var. thalassica (Kunth) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 350 (1898).
    • Distichlis stricta (Torr.) Rydb., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 602 (1905).
    • Distichlis spicata var. mendocina (Phil.) Hack., Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, ser. 3, 6: 513 (1906).
    • Distichlis dentata Rydb., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 536 (1909).
    • Distichlis stricta var. laxa (Beal) Fawc. & West ex Munz, Man. S. Calif. Bot.: 52, 597 (1935).
    • Distichlis spicata var. borealis (J.Presl) Beetle, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 70: 643 (1943).
    • Distichlis spicata var. divaricata Beetle, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 70: 647 (1943).
    • Distichlis spicata var. mexicana Beetle, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 70: 648 (1943).
    • Distichlis spicata var. nana Beetle, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 70: 647 (1943).
    • Distichlis spicata var. stolonifera Beetle, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 70: 644 (1943).
    • Distichlis spicata var. distichophylla (Michx.) Beetle, Rhodora 47: 148 (1945).
    • Distichlis spicata var. andina Beetle, Revista Argent. Agron. 22: 93 (1955).
    • Distichlis stricta var. dentata (Rydb.) C.L.Hitchc., Vasc. Pl. Pacif. N. W. 1: 553 (1969).
    • Distichlis spicata subsp. stricta (Torr.) Thorne, Aliso 9: 195 (1978).

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Temp. & Subtropical America
      • Alabama, Alberta, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, British Columbia, California, Cayman Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Cuba, Delaware, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Florida, Galápagos, Georgia, Guatemala, Haiti, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Peru, Prince Edward I., Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Turks-Caicos Is., Uruguay, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming
    • ntroduced into:
      • Hawaii, Society Is.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Primary references

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Additional references

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  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Vernacular names

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English: saltgrass
 
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