Puccinellia nuttalliana

Puccinellia nuttalliana

Puccinellia nuttalliana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Poeae
Subtribus: Coleanthinae
Genus: Puccinellia
Species: Puccinellia nuttalliana

Name

Puccinellia nuttalliana (Schult.) Hitchc. in W.L.Jepson, Fl. Calif. 1: 162 (1912)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Atropis airoides Holm in Bot. Gaz. 46: 427 (1908), nom. superfl.
  • Atropis nuttalliana (Schult.) Pilg. in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 291 (1925)
  • Festuca nuttalliana (Schult.) Kunth in Révis. Gramin. 1: 129 (1829)
  • Panicularia distans var. airoides Scribn. in Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 54 (1894)
  • Phippsia airoides Á.Löve & D.Löve in Taxon 30: 510 (1981), nom. superfl.
  • Poa nuttalliana Schult. in Mant. 2: 303 (1824)
  • Puccinellia airoides S.Watson & J.M.Coult. in A.Gray, Manual, ed. 6: 668 (1890), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Glyceria airoides (Nutt.) Fr. in Novit. Fl. Suec. Mant. 3(Add.): 176 (1843), nom. illeg.
  • Glyceria montana Buckley in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14: 96 (1862)
  • Phippsia borealis (Swallen) Á.Löve & D.Löve in Bot. Not. 128: 498 (1975 publ. 1976)
  • Phippsia borealis subsp. neglecta (Tzvelev) Á.Löve & D.Löve in Bot. Not. 128: 499 (1975 publ. 1976)
  • Phippsia deschampsioides (T.J.Sørensen) Á.Löve & D.Löve in Bot. Not. 128: 499 (1975 publ. 1976)
  • Phippsia interior (T.J.Sørensen) Á.Löve & D.Löve in Bot. Not. 128: 499 (1975 publ. 1976)
  • Poa airoides Nutt. in Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 68 (1818), nom. illeg.
  • Puccinellia borealis Swallen in J. Washington Acad. Sci. 34: 19 (1944)
  • Puccinellia borealis subsp. neglecta Tzvelev in Arktichesk. Fl. SSSR 2: 206 (1964)
  • Puccinellia cusickii Weath. in Rhodora 18: 182 (1916)
  • Puccinellia deschampsioides T.J.Sørensen in Meddel. Grønland 136(3): 31 (1953)
  • Puccinellia interior T.J.Sørensen in Acta Univ. Lund., 2. 46(1): 1713 (1950)
  • Puccinellia neglecta (Tzvelev) Bubnova in Spisok Rast. Gerb. Fl. S.S.S.R. Bot. Inst. Vsesojuzn. Akad. Nauk 26: 40 (1988)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regionalː Northwestern USA Alaska Regionalː Western & Central USA Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Maine, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming Alaska Regionalː Eastern USA New York, Maine, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming Regionalː Canada Alberta, British Columbia, Greenland, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec, Saskatchewan, Yukon Continental: Asia-temperate Regionalː Siberia Krasnoyarsk, Primorye, Magadan, Yakutiya Introduced into: Germany References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hitchc. in Jepson, 1912´A Flora of California 1:162.

Additional references

• Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. 2006. World Grass Species – Synonymy database. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Available for download as an Access file from Synonymy database. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Puccinellia nuttalliana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 November 26. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2025. Puccinellia nuttalliana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 November 2025. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Puccinellia nuttalliana. Published online. Accessed: November 26 2025. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Puccinellia nuttalliana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Nuttall's alkaligrass

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