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Taxon: Distichlis littoralis (Engelm.) H. L. Bell & Columbus

Genus:

Distichlis

Family:

Poaceae (alt.Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Chloridoideae

Tribe:

Cynodonteae

Subtribe:

Monanthochloinae

Nomen number:

457919

Place of publication:

Syst. Bot. 33:548. 2008

Link to protologue:

Name Verified on:

07-Nov-2008 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

Basionym: Monanthochloe littoralis Engelm.

Common names:

shore grass (Source: F NAmer) - English

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida, Louisiana (Cameron Parish)]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas (s.e.)]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California (s.w.)]
NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Nuevo León, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Baja California (Norte), Baja California Sur]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Oaxaca, Yucatán]

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Bahamas, Cuba

References:

Bell, H. L. & J. T. Columbus. 2008. Proposal for an expanded Distichlis (Poaceae, Chloridoideae): support from molecular, morphological, and anatomical characters. Syst. Bot. 33:536-551. URL: www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: = Monanthochloe littoralis

Check other web resources for Distichlis littoralis (Engelm.) H. L. Bell & Columbus :

PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
BONAP North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program:
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
Grass Manual on the Web: Manual of Grasses for North America North of Mexico
World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
PubAg: USDA's National Agricultural Library database of full-text journal articles and citations on the agricultural sciences.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=457919. Accessed 3 July 2024.