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Distichlis

Called “Saltgrass” in GBIF

Distichlis is a genus of American and Australian plants in the grass family. Plants in this genus are dioecious, have rhizomes or stolons, and have conspicuously distichous leaves.

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11
accepted species in GBIF
Source: GBIF
1
plant on Plant News
1
research article
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Research on Distichlis

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What science is finding about Distichlis

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Latest finding

Salt-loving grass genome reveals how it beats drought and salt

Scientists mapped the complete genetic blueprint of saltgrass, a plant that thrives in salty soil where almost nothing else survives, uncovering the genes behind its salt tolerance and revealing it's actually two grass species fused together with separate male and female plants controlled by sex chromosomes.