Distichlis
Encyclopedia
Distichlis is a genus
of grass
es in the family Poaceae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of grass
Grass
Grasses, or more technically graminoids, are monocotyledonous, usually herbaceous plants with narrow leaves growing from the base. They include the "true grasses", of the Poaceae family, as well as the sedges and the rushes . The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns ...
es in the family Poaceae
Poaceae
The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...
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Selected species
- Distichlis bajaensisDistichlis bajaensisDistichlis bajaensis is a rare species of grass known by the common name Baja grass.-Distribution:Distichlis bajaensis is endemic to Baja California, Mexico, where it is known from only one location in a salt marsh just outside of Rosarito...
H.L.Bell – Baja Grass - Distichlis littoralis (syn. Monanthochloe littoralis)
- Distichlis palmeriDistichlis palmeriDistichlis palmeri , or nipa grass, is a saltgrass of the family Poaceae, grows in the Sonoran desert of Western Mexico, and produces a grain with some similarities to wheat. Originally a major food source of the Cocopah tribe in the western United States, it was thought to be extinct...
(VaseyGeorge Vasey (botanist)George S. Vasey was an English-born American botanist who collected a lot in Illinois before integrating the United States Department of Agriculture , where he became Chief Botanist and curator of the greatly expanded National Herbarium.-Biography:George Vasey was born in 1822 in Snainton near...
) Fassett ex I.M.Johnst.Ivan Murray JohnstonI. M. Johnston , was a United States botanist. He studied at Pomona College in Claremont, California and at Harvard University...
– Nipa Grass - Distichlis spicata (L.) GreeneEdward Lee GreeneEdward Lee Greene, Ph.D., was an American botanist known for his numerous publications including the two-part Landmarks of Botanical History and the naming or redescribing of over 4,400 species of plants in the American West.- Early Life :Edward Lee Greene was born on August 20, 1843 in...
– Saltgrass