Taxon:
Phalaris coerulescens Desf.
Summary
Place of publication:
Fl. atlant. 1:56. 1798
Verified:
08/05/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Baldini, R. M. 1995. Revision of the genus Phalaris L. (Gramineae). Webbia 49:289.
- Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
- Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). URL: http://www.emplantbase.org/home.html
- FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. URL: http://floranorthamerica.org/
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). URL: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Phalaris+coerulescens&quantity=1
- Hanson, A. A. 1972. Grass varieties in the United States 89.
- Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. URL: http://www2.darwin.edu.ar/Proyectos/FloraArgentina/FA.asp Note: as "native"
- Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). URL: http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/
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Common names
English
blue Canary grass – sunol grass –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Madeira Islands | |
1 | Native | Africa | Macaronesia | Spain | Canary Islands | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Algeria | | n. |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Libya | | n. |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Tunisia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Egypt | Sinai | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Lebanon | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Syria | | w. |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Turkey | | w. |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Albania | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Croatia | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Greece | | incl. Crete |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | incl. Sardinia, Sicily |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | incl. Corsica |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Portugal | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | incl. Baleares |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Middle Europe | Czech Republic | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Northern Europe | Sweden | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Northern Europe | United Kingdom | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | | |
Native
Africa
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MACARONESIA:
Spain [Canary Islands], Portugal [Madeira Islands]
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria (n.), Libya (n.), Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
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WESTERN ASIA:
Egypt [Sinai], Lebanon, Syria (w.), Turkey (w.)
Europe
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Albania, Greece (incl. Crete), Croatia, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily)
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain (incl. Baleares), France (incl. Corsica), Portugal
Naturalized
Europe
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NORTHERN EUROPE:
United Kingdom, Sweden
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MIDDLE EUROPE:
Czech Republic
Southern America
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | forage | | Hanson, A. A. 1972. Grass varieties in the United States 89. |