Triglochin
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| Triglochin palustris | |
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| Genus: | Triglochin |
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Triglochin is a genus in the family Juncaginaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.[3][4] It is very nearly cosmopolitan in distribution, with species on every continent except Antarctica. North America has four accepted species, two of which can also be found in Europe: Triglochin palustris (marsh arrowgrass) and Triglochin maritima (sea arrowgrass).[5][6] Australia has many more.[2][7]
The most widely used common name for the genus is arrowgrass,[8] although these plants are not really grasses. Many of the common names for species make use of the term "arrowgrass", although there are exceptions: T. procera, for example, is commonly known as water ribbons.
Arrowgrasses are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Grey Chi.
- Species[2]
- formerly included
now in other genera: Bulbine, Cycnogeton and Tetroncium
- Triglochin alcockiae – Cycnogeton alcockiae – Australia
- Triglochin dubia – Cycnogeton dubium – Australia, New Guinea
- Triglochin huegelii – Cycnogeton huegelii – Western Australia
- Triglochin linearis – Cycnogeton lineare – Western Australia
- Triglochin magellanica – Tetroncium magellanicum – Tierra del Fuego, Falkland Is, Gough I
- Triglochin maundii – Maundia triglochinoides – Australia
- Triglochin microtuberosa – Cycnogeton microtuberosum – Australia
- Triglochin multifructa – Cycnogeton multifructum – Australia
- Triglochin procera – Cycnogeton procerum – Australia
- Triglochin pterocarpa – Cycnogeton dubium – Australia, New Guinea
- Triglochin racemosa – Bulbine semibarbata – Australia
- Triglochin reflexa – Tetroncium magellanicum – Tierra del Fuego, Falkland Is, Gough I
- Triglochin rheophila – Cycnogeton rheophilum – Australia
- Triglochin triglochinoides – Maundia triglochinoides – Australia
References
- ^ Tropicos search for Tristemon
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 338-33* in Latin
- ^ Tropicos, Triglochin L.
- ^ Flora of North America Vol. 22 Arrow-grass, troscart Triglochin Linnaeus
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Triglochin includes photos plus European distribution maps
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 23 Page 105 水麦冬属 shui mai dong shu Triglochin Linnaeus
- ^ NRCS. "Triglochin". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 15 December 2015.
External links
- Triglochin in the Flora of North America
- USDA: Triglochin concinna [in the Flora of North America this is treated as a synonym of Triglochin maritima]