Triplachne

Triplachne is a genus of seaside plants in the grass family, native to shorelines in the Mediterranean region from the Canary Islands to Turkey.[2][3][4] The only known species is Triplachne nitens, called shining grass.[5] It is native to Spain (incl Canary + Balearic Is), Portugal (incl Madeira), Sicily, Greece (incl Crete), Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Tunisia, Egypt (incl Sinai), Turkey, Cyprus, Palestine, Israel.[1]

Shining grass
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Poodae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Agrostidinae
Genus: Triplachne
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Species:
T. nitens
Binomial name
Triplachne nitens
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Synonyms[1]
  • Agrostis nitens Guss.
  • Lachnagrostis gussonis Trin.
  • Gastridium nitens (Guss.) Coss. & Durieu
  • Gastridium triaristatum Durieu
  • Gastridium littorale Durieu ex Parl.
  • Milium lendigerum Delile ex Boiss.

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Link, Johann Heinrich Friedrich. 1833. Hortus Regius Botanicus Berolinensis 2: 241-242 in Latin
  3. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. Grass Genera of the World by L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz detailed description in English
  5. Altervista Flora Italiana, Codino lucido, Shining Grass, Triplachne nitens (Guss.) Link
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