Puccinellia distans
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
- Puccinellia
- Species
- Puccinellia distans
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1850
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Puccinellia distans. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
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- Glyceria distans var. glaucaName author: Regel
- Glyceria distans var. intermediaName author: Rouy
- Glyceria distans var. miliaceaName author: (Vill.) Druce
- Glyceria distans var. minutulaName author: (Husn.) Douin
- Glyceria distans var. montanaName author: Waisb.
- Glyceria distans var. parlatoreiName author: Bég.
- Glyceria distans var. pulvinataName author: Fr.
- Glyceria distans var. purpureaName author: Westerl.
- Glyceria distans var. reptansName author: Laest.
- Glyceria distans var. tenuifloraName author: Godr.
- Glyceria distans var. tenuisName author: R.Uechtr.
- Glyceria explanataName author: Lindeb.
- Glyceria intermediaName author: C.Klinggr.
- Glyceria intricataName author: Crép.
- Glyceria maritima var. distansName author: (Jacq.) Bréb.
- Glyceria maritima var. virescensName author: Lange
- Glyceria minutulaName author: Foucaud ex Rouy
- Glyceria parlatoreiName author: Bég.
- Glyceria reptansName author: (Laest.) Krok
- Glyceria retroflexaName author: (Curtis) C.E.Salmon
- Glyceria salina var. distansName author: (Jacq.) Zabel
- Heleochloa distansName author: (Jacq.) Fr.
- Hydrochloa capillarisName author: (Lilj.) Hartm.
- Hydrochloa distansName author: (Jacq.) Hartm.
- Molinia capillarisName author: (Lilj.) Hartm.
- Molinia distansName author: (Jacq.) Hartm.
- Molinia distans var. capillarisName author: (Lilj.) Hartm.
- Panicularia distansName author: (Jacq.) Kuntze
- Phippsia capillarisName author: (Lilj.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Phippsia capillaris subsp. pulvinataName author: (Fr.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Phippsia coarctataName author: (Fernald & Weath.) Á.Löve
- Phippsia distansName author: (Jacq.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Phippsia limosaName author: (Schur) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Phippsia nutkaensis subsp. borealisName author: (Holmb.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Poa caducaName author: Kit. ex Rochel
- Poa distansName author: Jacq.
- Poa distans var. glaucaName author: Gray
- Poa distans var. minorName author: Parn.
- Poa distans var. obtusaName author: Parn.
- Poa hybernicaName author: Willd. ex Steud.
- Poa maritima var. distansName author: (Jacq.) Duby
- Poa miliaceaName author: (Vill.) Link
- Poa miliaceaName author: (Vill.) Link
- Poa nemoralis var. miliaceaeName author: (Vill.) Nyman
- Poa retroflexaName author: Curtis
- Poa retrofractaName author: Stokes
- Poa salinaName author: Pollich
- Puccinellia capillarisName author: (Lilj.) Jansen
- Puccinellia capillaris subsp. pulvinataName author: (Fr.) Tzvelev
- Puccinellia coarctataName author: Fernald & Weath.
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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