Puccinellia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Poeae
Subtribus: Coleanthinae
Genus: Puccinellia
Species: P. acroxantha – P. altaica – P. andersonii – P. angusta – P. angustata – P. arctica – P. argentinensis – P. arjinshanensis – P. banksisensis – P. biflora – P. bruggemannii – P. bulbosa – P. byrrangensis – P. candida – P. chinampoensis – P. choresmica – P. ciliata – P. convoluta – P. coreensis – P. decumbens – P. degeensis – P. diffusa – P. distans – P. dolicholepis – P. fasciculata – P. festuciformis – P. filifolia – P. florida – P. foucaudii – P. frigida – P. gabrieljanae – P. gigantea – P. glaucescens – P. gorodkovii – P. groenlandica – P. grossheimiana – P. hackeliana – P. harcusiana – P. hauptiana – P. himalaica – P. hispanica – P. howellii – P. iberica – P. intermedia – P. jeholensis – P. jenisseiensis – P. kamtschatica – P. kashmiriana – P. koeieana – P. kuenlunica – P. ladakhensis – P. ladyginii – P. leiolepis – P. lemmonii – P. lenensis – P. longior – P. macquariensis – P. macranthera – P. macropus – P. magellanica – P. manchuriensis – P. maritima – P. mendozina – P. micrandra – P. micranthera – P. minuta – P. multiflora – P. nipponica – P. nudiflora – P. nutkaensis – P. nuttalliana – P. pamirica – P. parishii – P. parvula – P. pauciramea – P. perlaxa – P. phryganodes – P. poecilantha – P. porsildii – P. preslii – P. przewalskii – P. pumila – P. pusilla – P. qinghaica – P. raroflorens – P. roborovskyi – P. roshevitsiana – P. rupestris – P. schischkinii – P. pusilla – P. shuanghuensis – P. sibirica – P. simplex – P. skottsbergii – P. stapfiana – P. stricta – P. strictura – P. sublaevis – P. subspicata – P. tenella – P. tenuiflora – P. tenuissima – P. thomsonii – P. tianschanica – P. tzvelevii – P. vaginata – P. vahliana – P. vassica – P. walkeri – P. wrightii
Nothospecies: P. × beckii – P. × beringensis – P. × elata – P. × feekesiana – P. × hybrida – P. × kattegatensis – P. × krusemaniana – P. × mixta
Name

Puccinellia Parl., Fl. Ital. 1: 366 (1850), nom. cons.

Type species: Puccinellia distans (Jacq.) Parl., Fl. Ital. 1: 367 (1850)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Atropis Rupr., Fl. Samojed. Cisural.: 64 (1845)
Pseudosclerochloa Tzvelev, Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 89: 840 (2004)
Cryochloa (Krecz.) Tzvelev, Komarovskie Chteniya (Vladivostok) 60: 214 (2013)

References

Parlatore, F. (1850) Flora italiana, ossia descrizione delle piante ... 1: 366.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Puccinellia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec. 11. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Puccinellia. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 11.
Tropicos.org 2021. Puccinellia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Dec. 2021.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Puccinellia. Published online. Accessed: 11 Dec. 2021.

Vernacular names
English: Alkali or Salt Grasses
suomi: Suolasorsimot
Nordfriisk: Oongäärs
magyar: Mézpázsit
հայերեն: Անողնուցուկ

Puccinellia is a genus of plants in the grass family, known as alkali grass or salt grass.[4][5][3][6][7]

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.[8]
Selected species

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[9]
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 :[10][11]

References

Tropicos, Puccinellia Parl.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Flora of China 碱茅属 jian mao shu Puccinellia Parlatore, Fl. Ital. 1: 366. 1848.
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
Altervista Flora Italiana genere Puccinellia includes photos and distribution maps for several species
Flora of Pakistan
Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
Williams, A.R., Weiller, C.M. & Walsh, N.G., Puccinellia, Flora of Australia Vol.44A, pp.266-274, ABRS/CSIRO, Melbourne, 2009.
English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 596. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.
"Database query for Puccinellia Parl. (Genus)". SysTax. Universität Ulm, Ruhr-Universität Bochum. March 17, 2006. Retrieved August 28, 2009.
"Species of the Genus Puccinellia". British Towns and Villages Network - an encyclopaedia of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. August 4, 2009. Retrieved August 29, 2009.