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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Puccinellia

alkaligrass

Hierarchical position of the Genus Puccinellia

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Liliopsida Brongn.
pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843.
common name: Monocots
  
   Subclassis  Commelinidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 171. Jan-Mar 1967.
common name: Grasses, Sedges, Rushes
  
   SuperOrdo  Juncanae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 510. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Poales Small
pub. Fl. S.E. U.S.: 48. 1903.
  
   Familia  Poaceae (R. Br.) Barnh.
pub. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 7. 15 Jan 1895, nom. cons.
common name: Gramineae
  
   Familia  Gramineae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 28. 4 Aug 1789, nom. cons.
  
   Genus  Puccinellia Parl.
common name: alkaligrass

Named members of the Genus Puccinellia

1
   Species  agrostidea Sorensen
common name: bent alkaligrass
2
   Species  airoides (Nutt.) S. Wats. & Coult.
syn. Puccinellia nuttalliana
3
   Species  alaskana Scribn. & Merr.
syn. Puccinellia tenella ssp. alaskana
4
   Species  americana Sorensen
common name: American alkaligrass
5
   Species  andersonii Swallen
common name: Anderson's alkaligrass
6
   Species  angustata (R. Br.) Rand & Redf.
common name: narrow alkaligrass
7
   Species  arctica (Hook.) Fern. & Weatherby
common name: arctic alkaligrass
8
   Species  borealis Swallen
syn. Puccinellia arctica
9
   Species  borreri (Bab.) Hayek
syn. Puccinellia fasciculata
10
   Species  californica (Beetle) Munz
syn. Torreyochloa californica
11
   Species  coarctata Fern. & Weatherby
 
12
   Varietas  pseudofasciculata Sorensen
syn. Puccinellia distans ssp. borealis
13
   Species  contracta (Lange) Sorensen
syn. Puccinellia angustata
14
   Species  cusickii Weatherby
syn. Puccinellia nuttalliana
15
   Species  distans (Jacq.) Parl.
 
16
   Varietas  angustifolia (Blytt) Holmb.
syn. Puccinellia distans ssp. borealis
17
   Subspecies  borealis (Holmb.) W.E. Hughes
common name: weeping alkaligrass
18
   Subspecies  distans
common name: weeping alkaligrass
19
   Subspecies  hauptiana (Trin. ex Krecz.) W.E. Hughes
common name: Hauptian alkaligrass
20
   Varietas  minor (S. Wats.) Boivin
syn. Puccinellia tenella ssp. langeana
21
   Varietas  tenuis (Uechtr.) Fern. & Weatherby
syn. Puccinellia distans ssp. distans
22
   Species  erecta (A.S. Hitchc.) Munz
syn. Torreyochloa erecta
23
   Species  fasciculata (Torr.) Bickn.
common name: saltmarsh alkaligrass
24
   Species  fernaldii (A.S. Hitchc.) E.G. Voss
syn. Torreyochloa pallida var. fernaldii
25
   Species  geniculata Krecz.
syn. Puccinellia phryganodes ssp. geniculata
26
   Species  glabra Swallen
syn. Puccinellia andersonii
27
   Species  grandis Swallen
syn. Puccinellia nutkaensis
28
   Species  hauptiana (Trin. ex Krecz.) Kitagawa
syn. Puccinellia distans ssp. hauptiana
29
   Species  howellii J.I. Davis
common name: Howell's alkaligrass
30
   Species  hultenii Swallen
common name: Hulten's alkaligrass
31
   Species  interior Sorensen
common name: interior alkaligrass
32
   Species  kamtschatica Holmb.
 
33
   Varietas  sublaevis Holmb.
syn. Puccinellia sublaevis
34
   Species  kurilensis auct. non (Takeda) Honda p.p.
syn. Puccinellia pumila
35
   Species  langeana (Berlin) Sorensen ex Hult�n
 
36
   Subspecies  alaskana (Scribn. & Merr.) Sorensen
syn. Puccinellia tenella ssp. alaskana
37
   Subspecies  asiatica Sorensen
syn. Puccinellia tenella ssp. tenella
38
   Species  lemmonii (Vasey) Scribn.
common name: Lemmon's alkaligrass
39
   Species  lettermanii (Vasey) Ponert
syn. Poa lettermanii
40
   Species  longiglumis Fern. & Weatherby
syn. Puccinellia tenella ssp. langeana
41
   Species  lucida Fern. & Weatherby
common name: shining alkaligrass
42
   Species  maritima (Huds.) Parl.
common name: seaside alkaligrass
43
   Species  nutkaensis (J. Presl) Fern. & Weatherby
common name: Nootka alkaligrass
44
   Species  nuttalliana (J.A. Schultes) A.S. Hitchc.
common name: Nuttall's alkaligrass
45
   Species  pallida (Torr.) Clausen
syn. Torreyochloa pallida var. pallida
46
   Species  parishii A.S. Hitchc.
common name: bog alkaligrass
47
   Species  pauciflora (J. Presl) Munz
 
48
   Varietas  holmii (Beal) C.L. Hitchc.
syn. Torreyochloa pallida var. pauciflora
49
   Varietas  microtheca (Buckl.) C.L. Hitchc.
syn. Torreyochloa pallida var. pauciflora
50
   Species  paupercula (Holm) Fern. & Weatherby
 
51
   Varietas  alaskana (Scribn. & Merr.) Fern. & Weatherby
syn. Puccinellia tenella ssp. alaskana
52
   Varietas  longiglumis Fern. & Weatherby
syn. Puccinellia tenella ssp. langeana
53
   Species  phryganodes (Trin.) Scribn. & Merr.
 
54
   Subspecies  geniculata (Krecz.) Tzvelev
common name: jointed alkaligrass
55
   Subspecies  phryganodes
common name: creeping alkaligrass
56
   Species  pumila (Vasey) A.S. Hitchc.
 
57
   Varietas  fernaldii Hult�n
syn. Puccinellia tenella ssp. langeana
58
   Species  retroflexa (W. Curtis) Holmb.
syn. Puccinellia distans ssp. distans
59
   Species  rupestris (With.) Fern. & Weatherby
common name: British alkaligrass
60
   Species  sibirica Holmb.
syn. Puccinellia distans ssp. borealis
61
   Species  simplex Scribn.
common name: California alkaligrass
62
   Species  sublaevis (Holmb.) Tzvelev
common name: smooth alkaligrass
63
   Species  suksdorfii St. John
syn. Puccinellia distans ssp. distans
64
   Species  tenella (Lange) Holmb.
 
65
   Subspecies  alaskana (Scribn. & Merr.) Tzvelev
common name: tundra alkaligrass
66
   Subspecies  langeana (Berlin) Tzvelev
common name: tundra alkaligrass
67
   Subspecies  tenella
common name: tundra alkaligrass
68
   Species  triflora Swallen
syn. Puccinellia andersonii
69
   Species  vaginata (Lange) Fern. & Weatherby
common name: sheathed alkaligrass
70
   Species  vahliana (Liebm.) Scribn. & Merr.
common name: Vahl's alkaligrass
71
   Species  wrightii (Scribn. & Merr.) Tzvelev
common name: Wright's alkaligrass

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed November 01, 2004   

 

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