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Spartina  Schreb.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 41266

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Chauvinia Steud.
  
    Limnetis Rich. in Persoon
  
    Ponceletia Thouars
  
    Psammophila Schult.
  
    Solenachne Steud.
  
    Trachynotia Michx.
  
    Tristania Poir.
  
  Common Name(s): cordgrass
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2010   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderLilianae  – monocots, monocotyledons, monocotylédones  
                         OrderPoales   
                            FamilyPoaceae  – grasses, graminées  
                               GenusSpartina Schreb. – cordgrass  
    Direct Children:  
                                  SpeciesSpartina alterniflora Loisel. – smooth cordgrass, Atlantic cordgrass, saltmarsh cordgrass 
                                  SpeciesSpartina anglica C.E. Hubb. – common cordgrass 
                                  SpeciesSpartina bakeri Merr. – sand cordgrass 
                                  SpeciesSpartina X caespitosa A.A. Eaton – short cordgrass 
                                  SpeciesSpartina ciliata Brongn.  
                                  SpeciesSpartina cynosuroides (L.) Roth – big cordgrass 
                                  SpeciesSpartina densiflora Brongn. – denseflower cordgrass 
                                  SpeciesSpartina foliosa Trin. – California cordgrass 
                                  SpeciesSpartina gracilis Trin. – alkali cordgrass 
                                  SpeciesSpartina longispica Hauman & Parodi ex St.-Yves  
                                  SpeciesSpartina maritima (Curtis) Fernald – small cordgrass 
                                  SpeciesSpartina patens (Aiton) Muhl. – saltmeadow cordgrass, marshhay cordgrass, salt meadow cordgrass 
                                  SpeciesSpartina pectinata Link – prairie cordgrass 
                                  SpeciesSpartina spartinae (Trin.) Merr. ex Hitchc. – gulf cordgrass 
                                  SpeciesSpartina X townsendii H. Groves & J. Groves – Townsend's cordgrass 
       

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  Source: Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae) - 11/2009, database (version 24/11/2009)  
  Acquired: 2009   
  Notes: Maintained by R. J. Soreng et al., at http://www.tropicos.org/Project/CNWG and formerly at http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/nwgc.html   
  Reference for: Spartina   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Spartina   
       
  Source: Poaceae update, database (version Sept. 2010)  
  Acquired: 2010   
  Notes: Poaceae update for ITIS, in cooperation with NatureServe, and based on the Catalogue of New World Grasses database and other sources   
  Reference for: Spartina   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Spartina   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
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