Puccinellia
{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}
{{Hatnote|"Alkali grass" redirects here. This is also used for mountain deathcamas Anticlea elegans.}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Puccinellia distans.jpeg
|image_caption =Puccinellia distans
" Weeping alkali grass "
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|taxon = Puccinellia
|authority = Parl.
|type_species = Puccinellia distans
|type_species_authority = (Jacq.) Parl.[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40020583 Tropicos, Puccinellia Parl.]
|synonyms_ref = [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=438567 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
|synonyms=
- Atropis Rupr.
- Pseudosclerochloa Tzvelev
- Poa sect. Atropis Trinius
}}
Puccinellia is a genus of plants in the grass family, known as alkali grass or salt grass.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6085825#page/368/mode/1up Parlatore, Filippo. 1848. Flora italiana; ossia, Descrizione delle piante che crescono spontanee o vegetano come tali in Italia e nelle isole ad essa aggiacenti 1: 366-371] descriptions in Latin, commentary in Italian[http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/floraspecie.php?genere=Puccinellia Altervista Flora Italiana genere Puccinellia] includes photos and distribution maps for several species[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=127609 Flora of China 碱茅属 jian mao shu Puccinellia Parlatore, Fl. Ital. 1: 366. 1848. ][http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=127609 Flora of Pakistan][http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Puccinellia Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps]
These grasses grow in wet environments, often in saline or alkaline conditions. They are native to temperate to Arctic regions of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.Williams, A.R., Weiller, C.M. & Walsh, N.G., Puccinellia, Flora of Australia Vol.44A, pp.266-274, ABRS/CSIRO, Melbourne, 2009.
Selected species
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Puccinellia agrostidea Sorensen Bent alkali grass or tundra alkali grass
Puccinellia ambigua Sorensen - Alberta alkali grass
Puccinellia americana Sorensen - American alkali grass
Puccinellia andersonii Swallen - Anderson's alkali grass
Puccinellia angustata (R.Br.) Rand & Redf. - Narrow alkali grass
Puccinellia arctica (Hook.) Fern. & Weath. - Arctic alkali grass
Puccinellia bruggemannii Sorensen - Prince Patrick alkali grass
Puccinellia convoluta (Hornem.) Hayek -
Puccinellia coreensis Honda - Korean alkaligrass{{Cite book|url=http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf|title=English Names for Korean Native Plants|publisher=Korea National Arboretum|year=2015|isbn=978-89-97450-98-5|location=Pocheon|pages=596|access-date=16 December 2016|via=Korea Forest Service|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525105020/http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}}
Puccinellia deschampsioides Sorensen - Polar alkali grass
Puccinellia distans (Jacq.) Parl. - Spreading alkali grass, weeping alkali grass or reflexed saltmarsh-grass
Puccinellia fasciculata (Torr.) E.P.Bicknell - Torrey alkali grass or Borrer's saltmarsh-grass
Puccinellia fernaldii (A.Hitchc.) E.G.Voss = Torreyochloa pallida var. fernaldii
Puccinellia festuciformis (Host) Parl. -
Puccinellia groenlandica Sorensen - Greenland alkali grass
Puccinellia howellii J.I.Davis - Howell's alkali grass
Puccinellia hultenii Swallen - Hulten's alkali grass
Puccinellia interior Sorensen - Interior alkali grass
Puccinellia kamtschatica Holmb. - Alaska alkali grass
Puccinellia kurilensis (Takeda) Honda - Dwarf alkali grass
Puccinellia langeana (Berlin) T.J.Sorensen ex Hultén -
Puccinellia laurentiana Fern. & Weath. - Tracadigash Mountain alkali grass
Puccinellia lemmonii (Vasey) Scribn. - Lemmon's alkali grass
Puccinellia limosa (Schur) Holmb. -
Puccinellia lucida Fern. & Weath. - Shining alkali grass
Puccinellia macquariensis (Cheeseman) Allan & Jansen
Puccinellia macra Fern. & Weath. - Bonaventure Island alkali grass
Puccinellia maritima (Huds.) Parl. - Seaside alkali grass or common saltmarsh-grass
Puccinellia nutkaensis (J.Presl) Fern. & Weath. - Nootka alkali grass
Puccinellia nuttalliana (J.A.Schultes) A.S.Hitchc. - Nuttall's alkali grass
Puccinellia parishii A.S.Hitchc. - Bog alkali grass or Parish's alkali grass
Puccinellia perlaxa (N.G.Walsh) N.G.Walsh & A.R.Williams - Plains saltmarsh-grass
Puccinellia phryganodes (Trin.) Scribn. & Merr. - Creeping alkali grass
Puccinellia poacea Sorensen - Floodplain alkali grass
Puccinellia porsildii Sorensen - Porsild's alkali grass
Puccinellia pumila (Vasey) A.S.Hitchc. - Dwarf alkali grass
Puccinellia pungens (Pau) Paunero -
Puccinellia rosenkrantzii Sorensen - Rosenkrantz's alkali grass
Puccinellia rupestris (With.) Fern. & Weath. - British alkali grass or stiff saltmarsh-grass
Puccinellia simplex Scribn. - California alkali grass
Puccinellia stricta (Hook.f.) C.Blom - Australian saltmarsh-grass
Puccinellia sublaevis (Holmb.) Tzvelev - Smooth alkali grass
Puccinellia tenella Holmb. ex Porsild - Tundra alkali grass
Puccinellia tenuiflora (Griesb.) Scribn. & Merr. -
Puccinellia vaginata (Lange) Fern. & Weath. - Sheathed alkali grass
Puccinellia vahliana (Liebm.) Scribn. & Merr. - Vahl's alkali grass
Puccinellia wrightii (Scribn. & Merr.) Tzvelev - Wright's alkali grass
:List sources :{{ cite web |url=http://www.biologie.uni-ulm.de/cgi-bin/system/botsys.pl?id=16318&stufe=G&typ=PFL&lang=e&sid=T&pr=nix&only=no&syno=&valid=y&B4=ok |title=Database query for Puccinellia Parl. (Genus) |work=SysTax |publisher=Universität Ulm, Ruhr-Universität Bochum |date=March 17, 2006 |access-date=August 28, 2009}}{{ cite web |url=http://www.nature.british-towns.net/nature/07_specie_menu.asp?GetLGID=32318&page=1 |title=Species of the Genus Puccinellia |publisher=British Towns and Villages Network - an encyclopaedia of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |date=August 4, 2009 |access-date=August 29, 2009}}
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References
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External links
- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,9257 Jepson Manual Treatment]
- [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=PUCCI USDA Plants Profile]
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