Triplachne

Shining grass
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Triplachne
Link
Species: T. nitens
Binomial name
Triplachne nitens
(Guss.) Link
Synonyms[1]
  • Agrostis nitens Guss.
  • Lachnagrostis gussonis Trin.
  • Gastridium nitens (Guss.) Coss. & Durieu
  • Gastridium triaristatum Durieu
  • Gastridium littorale Durieu ex Parl.
  • Milium lendigerum Delile ex Boiss.

Triplachne is a genus of seaside plants in the grass family, native to shorelines in the Mediterranean region from the Canary Islands to Turkey.[2][3][4] The only known species is Triplachne nitens, called shining grass.[5] It is native to Spain (incl Canary + Balearic Is), Portugal (incl Madeira), Sicily, Greece (incl Crete), Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Tunisia, Egypt (incl Sinai), Turkey, Cyprus, Palestine, Israel.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Link, Johann Heinrich Friedrich. 1833. Hortus Regius Botanicus Berolinensis 2: 241-242 in Latin
  3. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. ↑ Grass Genera of the World by L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz detailed description in English
  5. ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, Codino lucido, Shining Grass, Triplachne nitens (Guss.) Link


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