Triplachne
Appearance
Shining grass | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Pooideae |
Supertribe: | Poodae |
Tribe: | Poeae |
Subtribe: | Agrostidinae |
Genus: | Triplachne Link |
Species: | T. nitens
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Binomial name | |
Triplachne nitens (Guss.) Link
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Synonyms[1] | |
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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
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Link, Johann Heinrich Friedrich. 1833. Hortus Regius Botanicus Berolinensis 2: 241-242 in Latin
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ Grass Genera of the World by L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz detailed description in English
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Codino lucido, Shining Grass, Triplachne nitens (Guss.) Link