| Puccinellia | |
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| Puccinellia distans " Weeping alkali grass " | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Supertribe: | Poodae |
| Tribe: | Poeae |
| Subtribe: | Coleanthinae |
| Genus: | Puccinellia Parl. |
| Type species | |
| Puccinellia distans (Jacq.) Parl.[1]
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| Synonyms[2][3] | |
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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]
- ^ Tropicos, Puccinellia Parl.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ a b 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.