Distichlis spicata
A species in the Poaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Distichlis
- Species
- Distichlis spicata
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1887
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Distichlis spicata. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
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- Agropyron peruvianumName author: (Lam.) Roem. & Schult.
- Brachypodium peruvianumName author: (Lam.) Roem. & Schult. ex Kunth
- Briza spicataName author: Burm.f.
- Briza spicataName author: (L.) Lam.
- Brizopyrum americanumName author: Link
- Brizopyrum borealeName author: J.Presl
- Brizopyrum ovatumName author: Nees ex Steud.
- Brizopyrum prostratumName author: (Kunth) Benth. ex E.Fourn.
- Brizopyrum prostratum var. erectumName author: E.Fourn.
- Brizopyrum prostratum var. humileName author: E.Fourn.
- Brizopyrum spicatumName author: (L.) Hook. & Arn.
- Brizopyrum spicatum var. strictumName author: (Torr.) S.Watson
- Brizopyrum thalassicumName author: (Kunth) Nees
- Distichlis araucanaName author: Phil.
- Distichlis dentataName author: Rydb.
- Distichlis deserticolaName author: Phil.
- Distichlis hirsutaName author: Phil.
- Distichlis hirtaName author: Phil.
- Distichlis marginataName author: Phil.
- Distichlis marginata var. strictaName author: (Torr.) Thurb.
- Distichlis maritimaName author: Raf.
- Distichlis maritima var. laxaName author: Holm
- Distichlis maritima var. strictaName author: (Torr.) Thurb.
- Distichlis mendocinaName author: Phil.
- Distichlis nodosaName author: Raf.
- Distichlis prostrataName author: (Kunth) É.Desv.
- Distichlis spicata f. hirtaName author: (Phil.) Kuntze
- Distichlis spicata subsp. spicataName author: Not supplied
- Distichlis spicata subsp. strictaName author: (Torr.) Thorne
- Distichlis spicata var. andinaName author: Beetle
- Distichlis spicata var. borealisName author: (J.Presl) Beetle
- Distichlis spicata var. distichophyllaName author: (Michx.) Beetle
- Distichlis spicata var. divaricataName author: Beetle
- Distichlis spicata var. laxaName author: Beal
- Distichlis spicata var. marginataName author: (Phil.) Kuntze
- Distichlis spicata var. mendozinaName author: (Phil.) Hack.
- Distichlis spicata var. mexicanaName author: Beetle
- Distichlis spicata var. nanaName author: Beetle
- Distichlis spicata var. spicataName author: Not supplied
- Distichlis spicata var. stoloniferaName author: Beetle
- Distichlis spicata var. strictaName author: (Torr.) Scribn.
- Distichlis spicata var. thalassicaName author: (Kunth) Kuntze
- Distichlis strictaName author: (Torr.) Rydb.
- Distichlis stricta var. dentataName author: (Rydb.) C.L.Hitchc.
- Distichlis stricta var. laxaName author: (Beal) Fawc. & West ex Munz
- Distichlis stricta var. strictaName author: Not supplied
- Distichlis tenuifoliaName author: Phil.
- Distichlis thalassicaName author: É.Desv.
- Distichlis thalassica var. mendocinaName author: (Phil.) Kurtz
- Distichlis thalassica var. pectinataName author: Griseb.
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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