- Family:
- Poaceae Barnhart
Puccinellia Parl.

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- Morphology General Habit
- Annual (9), or perennial (103). Rhizomes absent (107), or short (1), or elongated (1). Stolons absent (108), or present (5). Culms erect (56/82), or geniculately ascending (52/82), or decumbent (10/82), or prostrate (6/82); slender (4/4); 2-29.7-110 cm long; rooting from lower nodes (1/1). Culm-internodes terete (2/2). Lateral branches lacking (2/4), or ample (2/4). Leaf-sheaths open for most of their length (66/66). Ligule an eciliate membrane. Leaf-blades filiform (9), or linear (100); stiff (7), or firm (101), or flaccid (1).
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a panicle, or composed of racemes (1); subtended by an unspecialized leaf-sheath (107), or an inflated leaf-sheath (3); exserted (96), or embraced at base by subtending leaf (14), or enclosed (1). Panicle open (80), or contracted (36), or spiciform (2). Primary panicle branches not whorled (105), or whorled at lower nodes (1), or whorled at most nodes (3). Racemes single (1/1); unilateral (1/1). Spikelets appressed (1/1); solitary. Fertile spikelets sessile (6), or pedicelled. Pedicels linear (9/13), or oblong (4/13); tip rectangular (1/2), or widened (1/2).
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
- Spikelets comprising 2-5-12 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets linear (6), or lanceolate (9), or elliptic (6), or oblong (94), or ovate (1), or rhomboid (1), or cuneate (1); laterally compressed; 1.66-5.795-17 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Rhachilla internodes brief up to lowest fertile floret (108), or elongated between glumes (1); glabrous (108), or sparsely hairy (1). Floret callus glabrous (28/41), or sparsely hairy (3/41), or pubescent (11/41), or pilose (1/41).
- Fertile
- Spikelets comprising 2-5-12 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets linear (6), or lanceolate (9), or elliptic (6), or oblong (94), or ovate (1), or rhomboid (1), or cuneate (1); laterally compressed; 1.66-5.795-17 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Rhachilla internodes brief up to lowest fertile floret (108), or elongated between glumes (1); glabrous (108), or sparsely hairy (1). Floret callus glabrous (28/41), or sparsely hairy (3/41), or pubescent (11/41), or pilose (1/41).
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
- Glumes persistent; shorter than spikelet, or reaching apex of florets (1). Lower glume linear (7), or lanceolate (29), or elliptic (16), or oblong (15), or ovate (54), or orbicular (1), or obovate (1); 0.33-0.664-1 length of upper glume; membranous (107), or chartaceous (1), or herbaceous (1); without keels (106), or 1-keeled (3); 0 -veined (1/107), or 1 -veined (104/107), or 2 -veined (7/107), or 3 -veined (9/107). Lower glume lateral veins absent (100), or obscure (6), or distinct (8), or prominent (1). Lower glume surface smooth (108), or scabrous (1); glabrous (107), or puberulous (2). Lower glume apex entire (103), or erose (10); emarginate (1/99), or truncate (1/99), or obtuse (56/99), or acute (49/99), or acuminate (1/99). Upper glume linear (2), or lanceolate (25), or elliptic (31), or oblong (14), or ovate (43), or orbicular (1), or obovate (2); 0.5-0.7679-2 length of adjacent fertile lemma; membranous (106/108), or chartaceous (1/108), or herbaceous (1/108); with undifferentiated margins (100), or hyaline margins (9); without keels (105/108), or 1-keeled (3/108); 1 -veined (5/106), or 2 -veined (3/106), or 3 -veined (103/106), or 4 -veined (2/106), or 5 -veined (3/106). Upper glume surface smooth (108), or asperulous (1), or scabrous (1); glabrous (107), or puberulous (2). Upper glume apex entire (102), or erose (11); emarginate (1/99), or truncate (1/99), or obtuse (62/99), or acute (39/99), or acuminate (2/99).
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Fertile lemma lanceolate (7), or elliptic (19), or oblong (70), or ovate (26), or orbicular (1), or obovate (16); membranous (105), or chartaceous (3), or cartilaginous (1); of similar consistency above (13), or much thinner above (96); of similar consistency on margins (95), or much thinner on margins (14); without keel (103), or keeled (7); 3 -veined (2), or 5 -veined (107), or 6-7 -veined (1). Lemma midvein extending to apex (13/18), or falling short of apex (5/18); without distinctive roughness (108), or scabrous (1); eciliate (107), or ciliolate (1), or ciliate (1), or pubescent (1). Lemma lateral veins obscure (70/76), or distinct (4/76), or prominent (2/76); stopping well short of apex (100/100). Lemma surface smooth, or scaberulous (1); glabrous (59), or puberulous (16), or pubescent (33), or pilose (8), or hirsute (1); hairy on back (40/58), or on veins (18/58), or between veins (1/58). Lemma margins eciliate (95), or ciliolate (10), or ciliate (3), or pubescent (1). Lemma apex entire (84), or erose (26); emarginate (4/105), or truncate (15/105), or obtuse (67/105), or acute (28/105), or acuminate (6/105), or apiculate (1/105); muticous (104), or mucronate (8), or awned (1). Palea 0.75-0.9949-1.1 length of lemma; 2 -veined (106/106). Palea keels smooth (65), or scaberulous (11), or scabrous (37), or spinulose (1); eciliate (71), or ciliolate (24), or ciliate (16). Palea apex dentate (2/2); muticous (107), or with excurrent keel veins (3). Apical sterile florets resembling fertile though underdeveloped.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Lodicules 2 (1/1). Anthers 3 (108/108). Ovary glabrous (84/84).
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Caryopsis with adherent pericarp (89/89); lanceolate (1/15), or ellipsoid (6/15), or ovoid (7/15), or obovoid (1/15). Embryo 0.2-0.235-0.33 length of caryopsis. Hilum punctiform (88/88).
- Distribution
- Europe (18), or Africa (5), or Temperate Asia (72), or Tropical Asia (9), or Australasia (12), or North America (23), or South America (10), or Antarctica (3).
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- Morphology General Habit
- Annual. Culms decumbent (1/1), or prostrate (1/1); 4-28.5-60 cm long. Leaf-sheaths open for most of their length. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Leaf-blades firm (1), or flaccid (1).
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a panicle; exserted, or embraced at base by subtending leaf (1). Panicle open (1), or contracted (1). Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled. Pedicels oblong.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
- Spikelets comprising 2 fertile florets (1), or 3-5 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets oblong; laterally compressed; 3-5.5-9 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Floret callus pubescent (1/1).
- Fertile
- Spikelets comprising 2 fertile florets (1), or 3-5 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets oblong; laterally compressed; 3-5.5-9 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Floret callus pubescent (1/1).
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
- Glumes persistent; shorter than spikelet. Lower glume ovate; 0.6-0.68-0.8 length of upper glume; membranous; without keels; 1 -veined, or 2-3 -veined (1). Lower glume lateral veins absent (1), or distinct (1). Lower glume apex obtuse (1), or acute (1). Upper glume ovate; 0.66-0.7175-0.8 length of adjacent fertile lemma; membranous; without keels; 3 -veined, or 4-5 -veined (1). Upper glume apex obtuse (1), or acute (1).
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Fertile lemma elliptic (1), or ovate (1); membranous; much thinner above; of similar consistency on margins (1), or much thinner on margins (1); without keel (1), or keeled (1); 5 -veined. Lemma lateral veins obscure; stopping well short of apex. Lemma surface glabrous (1), or puberulous (1). Lemma apex entire (1), or erose (1); obtuse (1), or acute (1); muticous, or mucronate (1). Palea 1 length of lemma; 2 -veined. Palea keels smooth (1), or scaberulous (1); eciliate (1), or ciliolate (1). Apical sterile florets resembling fertile though underdeveloped.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Anthers 3. Ovary glabrous.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Caryopsis with adherent pericarp; ellipsoid (1/1). Embryo 0.6 length of caryopsis. Hilum punctiform.
- Distribution
- Europe (1), or Temperate Asia, or Australasia (1), or North America (1).
Native to:
Afghanistan, Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Altay, Amur, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Central European Rus, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Ecuador, Falkland Is., Finland, France, Free State, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Labrador, Lebanon-Syria, Macquarie Is., Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Namibia, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, South Australia, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tasmania, Texas, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Victoria, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon
Introduced into:
Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia
- Puccinellia acroxantha C.A.Sm. & C.E.Hubb.
- Puccinellia altaica Tzvelev
- Puccinellia andersonii Swallen
- Puccinellia angusta (Nees) C.A.Sm. & C.E.Hubb.
- Puccinellia angustata (R.Br.) E.L.Rand & Redfield
- Puccinellia arctica (Hook.) Fernald & Weath.
- Puccinellia argentinensis (Hack.) Parodi
- Puccinellia arjinshanensis D.F.Cui
- Puccinellia banksiensis Consaul
- Puccinellia × beckii Holmb.
- Puccinellia × beringensis Tzvelev
- Puccinellia biflora (Steud.) Parodi
- Puccinellia bruggemannii T.J.Sørensen
- Puccinellia bulbosa (Grossh.) Grossh.
- Puccinellia byrrangensis Tzvelev
- Puccinellia candida Enustsch. & Gnutikov
- Puccinellia chinampoensis Ohwi
- Puccinellia choresmica (V.I.Krecz.) V.I.Krecz. ex Drobov
- Puccinellia ciliata Bor
- Puccinellia convoluta (Hornem.) Fourr.
- Puccinellia coreensis Honda
- Puccinellia decumbens A.R.Williams
- Puccinellia degeensis L.Liu
- Puccinellia diffusa (V.I.Krecz.) V.I.Krecz. ex Drobov
- Puccinellia distans (Jacq.) Parl.
- Puccinellia dolicholepis (V.I.Krecz.) Pavlov
- Puccinellia fasciculata (Torr.) E.P.Bicknell
- Puccinellia × feekesiana Jansen & Wacht.
- Puccinellia festuciformis (Host) Parl.
- Puccinellia filifolia (Trin.) Tzvelev
- Puccinellia florida D.F.Cui
- Puccinellia foucaudii (Hack.) Holmb.
- Puccinellia frigida (Phil.) I.M.Johnst.
- Puccinellia gabrieljanae Tzvelev
- Puccinellia gigantea (Grossh.) Grossh.
- Puccinellia glaucescens (Phil.) Parodi
- Puccinellia gorodkovii Tzvelev
- Puccinellia groenlandica T.J.Sørensen
- Puccinellia grossheimiana V.I.Krecz.
- Puccinellia hackeliana (V.I.Krecz.) V.I.Krecz. ex Drobov
- Puccinellia harcusiana A.R.Williams
- Puccinellia hauptiana (V.I.Krecz.) Kitag.
- Puccinellia himalaica Tzvelev
- Puccinellia hispanica Julià & J.M.Monts.
- Puccinellia howellii J.I.Davis
- Puccinellia iberica (Wolley-Dod) Tzvelev
- Puccinellia intermedia (Schur) Janch.
- Puccinellia jeholensis Kitag.
- Puccinellia jenisseiensis (Roshev.) Tzvelev
- Puccinellia kamtschatica Holmb.
- Puccinellia kashmiriana Bor
- Puccinellia × kattegatensis (Neuman) Holmb.
- Puccinellia koeieana Melderis
- Puccinellia × krusemaniana Jansen & Wacht.
- Puccinellia kuenlunica Tzvelev
- Puccinellia ladakhensis (H.Hartmann) Dickoré
- Puccinellia ladyginii N.R.Ivanov ex Tzvelev
- Puccinellia leiolepis L.Liu
- Puccinellia lemmonii (Vasey) Scribn.
- Puccinellia lenensis (Holmb.) Tzvelev
- Puccinellia longior A.R.Williams
- Puccinellia macquariensis (Cheeseman) Allan & Jansen
- Puccinellia macranthera (V.I.Krecz.) Norl.
- Puccinellia macropus V.I.Krecz.
- Puccinellia magellanica (Hook.f.) Parodi
- Puccinellia manchuriensis Ohwi
- Puccinellia maritima (Huds.) Parl.
- Puccinellia mendozina (Hack.) Parodi
- Puccinellia micrandra (Keng) Keng f. & S.L.Chen
- Puccinellia micranthera D.F.Cui
- Puccinellia minuta Bor
- Puccinellia multiflora L.Liu
- Puccinellia nipponica Ohwi
- Puccinellia nudiflora (Hack.) Tzvelev
- Puccinellia nutkaensis (J.Presl) Fernald & Weath.
- Puccinellia nuttalliana (Schult.) Hitchc.
- Puccinellia pamirica (Roshev.) V.I.Krecz. ex Ovcz. & Czukav.
- Puccinellia × pannonica (Hack.) Holmb.
- Puccinellia parishii Hitchc.
- Puccinellia parvula Hitchc.
- Puccinellia pauciramea (Hack.) V.I.Krecz. ex Ovcz. & Czukav.
- Puccinellia perlaxa (N.G.Walsh) N.G.Walsh & A.R.Williams
- Puccinellia phryganodes (Trin.) Scribn. & Merr.
- Puccinellia poecilantha (K.Koch) Grossh.
- Puccinellia porsildii T.J.Sørensen
- Puccinellia preslii (Hack.) Ponert
- Puccinellia przewalskii Tzvelev
- Puccinellia pumila (Macoun ex Vasey) Hitchc.
- Puccinellia pusilla (Hack.) Parodi
- Puccinellia qinghaica Tzvelev
- Puccinellia raroflorens Edgar
- Puccinellia roborovskyi Tzvelev
- Puccinellia roshevitsiana (Schischk.) V.I.Krecz. ex Tzvelev
- Puccinellia rupestris (With.) Fernald & Weath.
- Puccinellia schischkinii Tzvelev
- Puccinellia sereginii Tzvelev
- Puccinellia shuanghuensis L.Liu
- Puccinellia sibirica Holmb.
- Puccinellia simplex Scribn.
- Puccinellia skottsbergii (Pilg.) Parodi
- Puccinellia stapfiana R.R.Stewart
- Puccinellia stricta (Hook.f.) C.H.Blom
- Puccinellia strictura L.Liu
- Puccinellia sublaevis (Holmb.) Tzvelev
- Puccinellia subspicata (V.I.Krecz.) V.I.Krecz. ex Ovcz. & Czukav.
- Puccinellia tenella (Lange) Holmb.
- Puccinellia tenuiflora (Griseb.) Scribn. & Merr.
- Puccinellia tenuifolia (Boiss. & Reut.) H.Lindb.
- Puccinellia tenuissima (Litv. ex V.I.Krecz.) Pavlov
- Puccinellia thomsonii (Stapf ex Hook.f.) R.R.Stewart
- Puccinellia tianschanica (Tzvelev) Ikonn.
- Puccinellia tzvelevii Ovczinnikova & Prob.
- Puccinellia vaginata (Lange) Fernald & Weath.
- Puccinellia vahliana (Liebm.) Scribn. & Merr.
- Puccinellia vassica A.R.Williams
- Puccinellia vitalii Yu.E.Alexeev, Laktionov & Tzvelev
- Puccinellia walkeri (Kirk) Allan
- Puccinellia wrightii (Scribn. & Merr.) Tzvelev
Puccinellia Parl. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Fl. Ital. 1: 366 (1850)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0