Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Distichlis spicata
Desert salt grass , inland salt grass, interior salt grass
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Distichlis
Species
spicata
Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa
Syn.: Distichlis spicata var. stricta (Torr.) Scribn. (POWO, 2022)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Bell, H. Columbus, T. (2008) Proposal for an Expanded Distichlis (Poaceae, Chloridoideae): Support from Molecular, Morphological, and Anatomical Characters Bell, H. & Columbus, T. (2008). Proposal for an Expanded Distichlis (Poaceae, Chloridoideae): Support from Molecular, Morphological, and Anatomical Characters. Systematic Botany, 33(3), 536–551.
- GBIF Secretariat (2021) GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/5284517
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2022) Plants of the world online POWO (2022): Plants of the world online. Published on the Internet; Https://powo.science.kew.org/
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"Galapagos Species Database, Distichlis spicata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20401. Accessed 5 November 2026.