Puccinellia stricta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Poeae
Subtribus: Coleanthinae
Genus: Puccinellia
Species: Puccinellia stricta

Puccinellia stricta (Hook.f.) C.H.Blom, Acta Horti Gothob. 5: 89 (1929 publ. 1930)

Homotypic
- Atropis stricta (Hook.f.) Hack. in T.F.Cheeseman, Man. New Zealand Fl.: 914 (1906)
- Glyceria stricta Hook.f. in Fl. Nov.-Zel. 1: 304 (1853)
Heterotypic
- Atropis stricta var. suborbicularis Hack. in T.F.Cheeseman, Man. New Zealand Fl.: 915 (1906)
- Festuca syrtica (F.Muell.) F.Muell. in Fragm. 8: 120 (1873)
- Glyceria tenuispica Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 285 (1854)
- Panicularia syrtica (F.Muell.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 782 (1891)
- Poa syrtica F.Muell. in Trans. & Proc. Vict. Inst. Advancem. Sci. 1: 45 (1855)
- Puccinellia stricta f. luxurians Allan & Jansen in Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 69: 266 (1939)
- Puccinellia stricta f. pumila Allan & Jansen in Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 69: 266 (1939)
- Puccinellia stricta var. suborbicularis (Hack.) Allan & Jansen in Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 69: 266 (1939)

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Australasia Regionalː New Zealand New Zealand North, New Zealand South Regionalː Australia South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia Introduced into: Czechia-Slovakia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

C.H.Blom, 1930. Acta Horti Gothoburgensis: Meddelanden från Göteborgs botaniska trädgård 5:89.

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