Triplachne

<i>Triplachne</i>

Triplachne

Genus of grasses

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]

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References

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

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