Glyceria maxima

Glyceria maxima

Glyceria maxima

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Meliceae
Genus: Glyceria
Species: Glyceria maxima

Name

Glyceria maxima (Hartm.) Holmb., 1919

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Catabrosa hydrophila Link in Linnaea 17: 405 (1844)
  • Exydra aquatica (L.) Endl. in Fl. Poson.: 119 (1830)
  • Festuca aquatica (L.) Mutel in Fl. Franç. Herbor. 4: 115 (1837)
  • Glyceria altissima Garcke in Fl. N. Mitt.-Deutschland: 375 (1851), nom. superfl.
  • Glyceria aquatica (L.) Wahlb. in Fl. Gothob.: 18 (1820), nom. illeg.
  • Glyceria spectabilis Mert. & W.D.J.Koch in J.C.Röhling, Deutschl. Fl., ed. 3, 1: 586 (1823), nom. superfl.
  • Heleochloa aquatica (L.) Drejer in Fl. Excurs. Hafn.: 40 (1838)
  • Hydrochloa aquatica (L.) Hartm. in Gen. Gram.: 8 (1819)
  • Hydropoa spectabilis Dumort. in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 7: 67 (1868), nom. superfl.
  • Melica aquatica (L.) Weber ex P.Beauv. in Ess. Agrostogr.: 167 (1812)
  • Molinia maxima Hartm. in Handb. Skand. Fl.: 56 (1820)
  • Panicularia aquatica (L.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 782 (1891)
  • Poa aquatica L. in Sp. Pl.: 67 (1753)
• Heterotypic
  • Glyceria aquatica subsp. densiflora Waisb. in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 1919: 318 (1920)
  • Glyceria aquatica var. flavescens Peterm. in Fl. Lips. Excurs.: 89 (1838)
  • Glyceria aquatica var. laxa Hegi in Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 1: 322 (1907)
  • Glyceria aquatica var. pallens Klett & Richt. in Fl. Leipzig: 95 (1830)
  • Glyceria aquatica var. scabra Peterm. in Fl. Lips. Excurs.: 89 (1838)
  • Glyceria aquatica subsp. umbrosa (Junge) Waisb. in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 1919: 319 (1920)
  • Glyceria maxima f. acuta (Peterm.) Soó in Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 117 (1971 publ. 1972)
  • Glyceria maxima subsp. micrantha H.Scholz in Verh. Bot. Vereins Berlin Brandenburg 135: 6 (2003)
  • Glyceria maxima f. scabra (Peterm.) Soó in Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 117 (1971 publ. 1972)
  • Glyceria spectabilis f. acuta Peterm. in Anal. Pfl.-Schlüss.: 551 (1846)
  • Glyceria spectabilis var. acuta Peterm. in Fl. Lips. Excurs.: 551 (1846)
  • Glyceria spectabilis var. laevis Peterm. in Fl. Lips. Excurs.: 551 (1846)
  • Glyceria spectabilis var. scabra (Peterm.) Peterm. in Fl. Lips. Excurs.: 551 (1846)
  • Glyceria spectabilis var. vivipara Mert. & W.D.J.Koch in J.C.Röhling, Deutschl. Fl., ed. 3, 1: 586 (1823)
  • Poa aquatica var. vivipara Gray in Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 102 (1821 publ. 1822)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Eurasia Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia Introduced into: Alaska, British Columbia, Chatham Is., Massachusetts, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Ontario, Primorye, Queensland, Québec, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia, Wisconsin References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Holmberg, O.R., 1919. Botaniska Notiser 1919:97.

Additional references

• Fedorov, A.A. (ed.) (1999). Flora of Russia. The European part and bordering regions 1: 1-546. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Broekfield.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Glyceria maxima in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 December 31. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Glyceria maxima. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 December 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. Glyceria maxima. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 December 31. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Glyceria maxima. Published online. Accessed: December 31 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Glyceria maxima in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: reed sweet grass, reed-meadow grass, water-meadow grass
suomi: Isosorsimo
français: Glycérie aquatique
Nederlands: Liesgras
português: glicéria-maior
svenska: Jättegröe

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