{{Short description|Genus of grasses}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Starr 071227-1052 Distichlis spicata.jpg |image_caption = ''Distichlis spicata'' |display_parents = 3 |parent_authority = Pilg. ex Potztal |taxon = Distichlis |authority = Raf. |type_species_authority = Raf. |type_species = ''Distichlis maritima''<br/>(syn of ''D. spicata)'' |synonyms_ref = <ref name=e/> |synonyms = * ''Reederochloa'' <small>Soderstr. & H.F.Decker</small> * ''Monanthochloe'' <small>Engelm.</small> * ''Halochloa'' <small>Griseb. 1879, illegitimate homonym not Kütz. 1843</small> * ''Brizopyrum'' <small>J.Presl 1830, illegitimate homonym not Link 1827 nor Stapf 1898</small> }}
'''''Distichlis''''' is a genus of American and Australian plants in the grass family.<ref>Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel 1819. Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts 89: 104</ref><ref name=Bell>Bell, H. L. & J. T. Columbus. 2008. Proposal for an expanded ''Distichlis'' (Poaceae, Chloridoideae): Support from molecular, morphological, and anatomical characters. Systematic Botany (3): 536–551.</ref><ref>Catasus Guerra, L. 1997. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, I. Fontqueria 46: [i–ii], 1–259</ref><ref>Negritto, M. A., L. R. Servivanti & A. M. Anton. 2003. 19. Poaceae, parte 5. Tribu Eragrostideae. Flora Fanerogámica Argentina 86: 1–68</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00199.htm |title=Grassbase – The World Online Grass Flora |access-date=2009-10-10 |archive-date=2009-09-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090904050045/http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00199.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Plants in this genus are dioecious, have rhizomes or stolons, and have conspicuously distichous leaves.<ref name=Bell/>
==Species== Species included in ''Distichlis'' include:<ref name=e>[https://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=451422 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Distichlis |title=The Plant List, search for ''Distichlis'' |access-date=2015-03-10 |archive-date=2020-02-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219171339/http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Distichlis |url-status=live }}</ref> * ''Distichlis acerosa'' <small>(Griseb.) H.L.Bell & Columbus</small> – Argentina * ''Distichlis australis'' <small>(Speg.) Villamil</small> – Argentina * ''Distichlis bajaensis'' <small>H.L.Bell</small> – Mexico * ''Distichlis distichophylla'' <small>(Labill.) Fassett</small> – Australia * ''Distichlis eludens'' <small>(Soderstr. & H.F.Decker) H.L.Bell & Columbus</small> – Durango, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí * ''Distichlis humilis'' <small>Phil.</small> – Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina * ''Distichlis laxiflora'' <small>Hack.</small> – Argentina * ''Distichlis littoralis'' <small>(Engelm.) H.L.Bell & Columbus</small> – California, Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Mexico, Bahamas, Cuba * ''Distichlis palmeri'' <small>(Vasey) Fassett ex I.M.Johnst.</small> – Baja California, Sonora * ''Distichlis scoparia'' <small>(Kunth) Arechav.</small> – Chile, Argentina, Uruguay * ''Distichlis spicata'' <small>(L.) Greene</small> – from Newfoundland + Northwest Territories to Uruguay including Bahamas, Greater Antilles, Galápagos
==Formerly included== Species formerly included in ''Distichlis'' include:<ref name=e/> * ''Distichlis ammobia – Poa obvallata'' * ''Distichlis condensata – Eragrostis condensata'' * ''Distichlis multinervosa – Vaseyochloa multinervosa'' * ''Distichlis sudanensis – Aeluropus lagopoides'' * ''Distichlis texana – Allolepis texana'' * ''Distichlis volckmannii – Poa cumingii''
==References== {{Reflist}} *{{Commons category-inline|Distichlis|''Distichlis''}} *{{Wikispecies-inline}}
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Category:Distichlis Category:Chloridoideae Category:Grasses of North America Category:Grasses of Oceania Category:Grasses of South America Category:Poaceae genera Category:Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque Category:Dioecious plants
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