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Limnetis cynosuroides L. Rich., in Pers., Syn. PL 1: 72. 1805. Based on 



Dactylis cynosuroides L. 

 Limnetis polystachia L. Rich., in Pers., Syn. PL 1: 72. 1805. Based on Trachy- 



notia polystachya Michx. 

 Spartina polystachya Beauv., Ess. Agrost. 25, 178, 179. 1812. Presumably 



based on Trachynotia polystachya Michx. 

 Cynodon cynosuroides Raspail, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. 5: 303. 1825. Based on 



Spartina cynosuroides Roth. 

 Spartina cynosuroides var. polystachya Beal, Grasses N.Amer. 2: 398. 1898. 



Based on Trachynotia polystachya Michx. 



(7) Spartina gracilis Trin., Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. Sci. Nat. 4 1 : 110. 



1840. North America. 

 (3) Spartina leiantha Benth., Bot. Voy. Sulph. 56. 1840. (Feb. or March.) 



Bay of Magdalena, Baja California, [Barclay]. 

 Spartina foliosa Trin., Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. Sci. Nat. 4 1 : 114. 1840 



(later than June) . California. 

 Spartina densiflora sub var. brongniarti forma acuta St. Yves, Candollea 5: 76, 



81. 1932. Eureka, Calif. [Heller 13871.] 



(8) Spartina patens (Ait.) MuhL, Descr. Gram. 55. 1817. Based on Dactylis 

 patens Ait. 



Dactylis patens Ait., Hort. Kew. 1: 104. 1789. Grown in England, seed from 



North America. 

 Trachynotia juncea Michx., Fl. Bor. Amer. 1: 64. 1803. South Carolina 



and Georgia, Michaux. 

 Limnetis juncea L. Rich., in Pers., Syn. PL 1: 72. 1805. Based on Trachynotia 



juncea Michx. 

 Spartina pumila Roth, Catal. Bot. 3: 10. 1806. New York. 

 Spartina juncea Willd.. Enum. PL 81. 1809. Based on Trachynotia juncea 



Michx. 

 Spartina americana Roth; Trin., Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. Sci. Nat. 4 1 : 



109. 1840, as synonym of S. juncea Willd. 

 Spartina patens var. juncea Hitchc, Rhodora 8: 210. 1906. Based on Tra- 

 chynotia juncea Michx. 

 Spartina juncea subvar. americana St. Yves, Candollea 5: 27, 84. pi. 8. f. b-20. 



1932. Based on S. juncea Willd. 

 Spartina juncea var. patens St. Yves, Candollea 5: 27, 86. 1932. Based on 



Dactylis patens Ait. 

 Spartina patens var. caespitosa (A. A. Eaton) Hitchc, Rhodora 8: 210. 1906. 



Based on S. caespitosa A. A. Eaton. 

 Spartina caespitosa A. A. Eaton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 338. 1898. 



Seabrook, N. H., A. A. Eaton. 

 (1) Spartina pectinata Link, Jahrb. Gewachsk l 3 : 92. 1820.. North America, 



[type collected by Bosc probably at Wilmington, N.C.]. 

 Spartina cynosuroides var. aureo-marginata Irving, Gard. Chron. 38: 372. 1905. 



Grown at Kew Gardens, received from New York Botanical Garden. 

 Spartina michauxiana Hitchc, Contrib. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 153. 1908. 



Based upon the plant described by Michaux as Trachynotia cynosuroides 



(that name based on Dactylis cynosuroides L.). [Near Hudson Bay, Michaux.] 

 Spartina michauxiana var. sutliei Farwell, Mich. Acad. Sci. Rept. 21: 352. 



1920. Orchard Lake, Mich., Suttie. 

 Spartina michauxiana var. tenuior Farwell, Mich. Acad. Sci. Rept. 21: 352. 



1920. River Rouge, Mich., [Farwell] 5138. 

 Spartina cynosuroides var. michauxiana St. Yves, Candollea 5: 58. pi. 3 f. a-7. 



1932. Based on S. michauxiana Hitchc. 

 Spartina cynosuroides var. michauxiana forma major St. Yves, Candollea 5: 



61, 62. 1932. Canada, Victorin 11358; Victorin and Germain 9055; other 



specimens cited from Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Massachusetts, Ohio, 



Illinois, Minnesota, and Missouri. 

 Spartina cynosuroides X gracilis St. Yves, Candollea 5: 66. pi. 4. f. b-10. 



1932. * * * "Oregon, Ballards Landing, Cusick 221 in 1890" [error for 



2221 in 1899]. 

 Spartina pectinata var. suttiei Fernald, Rhodora 35: 260. 1933. Based on 



S. michauxiana var. suttiei Farwell. 

 (5) Spartina spartinae (Trin.) Merr. U.S.Dept.Agr., Bur. Plant Indus. Bull. 9: 11. 



1902, as svnonvm of S.junciformis Engelm. and Grav; Hitchc, Contrib. U.S. 



Natl. Herb. 17: 329. 1913. Based on Vilfa spartinae Trin. 

 Vilfa spartinae Trin. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. Sci. Nat. 4 1 : 82. 1840. Texas. 



