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Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.161159
Element CodePMJCG02040
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassMonocotyledoneae
OrderNajadales
FamilyJuncaginaceae
GenusTriglochin
SynonymsTriglochin palustreL.
Other Common Namesmarsh arrowgrass (EN) Marsh Arrow-grass (EN) Troscart des marais (FR)
Concept ReferenceKartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Taxonomic CommentsThe epithet is spelled 'palustre' in some sources, following a treatment of Triglochin as neuter. According to the Flora of North America (vol. 22, 2000), "Although Linnaeus, in his original publication of the name, treated Triglochin as neuter, botanical tradition in North America and elsewhere has generally assigned feminine gender (International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, Art. 62.1); for this reason and because the Greek word glochin ... is feminine (ICBN, Art. 62.2), the feminine gender is the more correct under the Code..." Kartesz (1994) treated the genus as neuter; Kartesz (1999) uses the feminine, and thus the epithet spelling 'palustris.'