Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Desert Saltgrass, Inland Saltgrass, Marsh Spikegrass, Saltgrass, Seashore Saltgrass
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
)
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
)
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
)
- (Auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
(
)
- Auct.
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
)
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Commelinidae
(
)
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Juncanae
(
)
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Poales
(
)
- Small, 1903
- Family:
Gramineae
(
)
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons., nom. alt.
- Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
(
)
- Tribe:
Eragrostideae
(
)
- Subtribe:
Monanthochloinae
(
)
- Genus:
Distichlis
(
)
- Rafinesque, 1819
- Specific epithet:
spicata
- (L.) E. Greene
- Subspecies:
spicata
- Botanical name: - Distichlis spicata spicata (L.) E. Greene
- Subspecies:
spicata
- Specific epithet:
spicata
- (L.) E. Greene
- Genus:
Distichlis
(
- Subtribe:
Monanthochloinae
(
- Tribe:
Eragrostideae
(
- Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
(
- Family:
Gramineae
(
- Order:
Poales
(
- Superorder:
Juncanae
(
- Subclass:
Commelinidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Distichlis spicata stricta (Torr.) Thorne • Distichlis spicata var. borealis (J. Presl) Beetle • Distichlis spicata var. divaricata Beetle • Distichlis spicata var. nana Beetle • Distichlis spicata var. stolonifera Beetle • Distichlis spicata var. stricta (Torr.) Scribn. • Distichlis stricta (Torr.) Rydb. • Distichlis stricta var. dentata (Rydb.) C. L. Hitchc. • Uniola spicata L.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Distichlis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
D. spicata (Desert Saltgrass) · D. spicata spicata (Desert Saltgrass)
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 11, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5395698
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-524878
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13901818
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 452350
