Glyceria
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| Glyceria | |
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| Glyceria maxima | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Glyceria R. Br. |
| Species | |
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40-55, see text | |
For the saint, see Saint Glyceria.
Glyceria is a genus of grasses known commonly as mannagrass or, as referred to in the UK, sweet-grass. These are perennial rhizomatous grasses found in wet areas in temperate regions worldwide. The base of the grass grows along the ground and may root at several places. Then it grows erect and bears leaf blades which may be flat or folded. The panicle inflorescences nod when heavy. Some mannagrasses are considered weeds while others are endangered in their native habitats.
There are about 40[1] to 55 species in the genus.[2]
Species include:[1]
- Glyceria acutiflora - creeping mannagrass
- Glyceria alnasteretum - Aleutian mannagrass
- Glyceria arkansana - Arkansas mannagrass
- Glyceria australis - Australian sweetgrass
- Glyceria borealis - northern mannagrass
- Glyceria canadensis - rattlesnake mannagrass, Canadian mannagrass
- Glyceria declinata - waxy mannagrass, low glyceria, small sweet-grass
- Glyceria elata - tall mannagrass
- Glyceria fluitans - water mannagrass, floating sweet-grass
- Glyceria grandis - American mannagrass
- Glyceria laxa - limp mannagrass
- Glyceria leptostachya - davy mannagrass, narrow mannagrass
- Glyceria lithuanica - Lithuanian mannagrass
- Glyceria maxima - reed mannagrass, English watergrass, reed sweet-grass
- Glyceria melicaria - melic mannagrass
- Glyceria notata - marked glyceria, plicate sweet-grass
- Glyceria nubigena - Great Smoky Mountain mannagrass
- Glyceria obtusa - Atlantic mannagrass
- Glyceria occidentalis - northwestern mannagrass
- Glyceria pulchella - MacKenzie Valley mannagrass, beautiful glyceria
- Glyceria septentrionalis - floating mannagrass
- Glyceria striata - fowl mannagrass, ridged glyceria
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Whipple, I. G. et al. (2007). Molecular insights into the taxonomy of Glyceria (Poaceae: Meliceae) in North America. Am. J. Bot. 94(4) 551-57.
- ↑ Rodionov, A. V., et al. (2013). Variability of the ITS1-5.8 S rDNA-ITS2 sequence during the divergence of sweet-grass species (Glyceria R.Br.). Russian Journal of Genetics: Applied Research 3(2) 83-90.
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