Distichlis

{{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
(syn of D. spicata)

|synonyms_ref =

|synonyms =

• Reederochloa Soderstr. & H.F.Decker
• Monanthochloe Engelm.
• Halochloa Griseb. 1879, illegitimate homonym not Kütz. 1843
• Brizopyrum J.Presl 1830, illegitimate homonym not Link 1827 nor Stapf 1898

}}

Distichlis is a genus of American and Australian plants in the grass family.Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel 1819. Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts 89: 104Bell, 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.Catasus Guerra, L. 1997. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, I. Fontqueria 46: [i–ii], 1–259Negritto, M. A., L. R. Servivanti & A. M. Anton. 2003. 19. Poaceae, parte 5. Tribu Eragrostideae. Flora Fanerogámica Argentina 86: 1–68{{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 }} Plants in this genus are dioecious, have rhizomes or stolons, and have conspicuously distichous leaves.