Limnodea

Ozark grass
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Limnodea
L.H.Dewey
Species: L. arkanasana
Binomial name
Limnodea arkansana
(Nutt.) L.H.Dewey
Type species
Greenia arkansana
Nutt.[1][2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Greenia Nutt. 1837, illegitimate homonym not S. Wallman 1791
  • Sclerachne Torr. ex Trin. 1841, illegitimate homonym not R. Br. 1838
  • Thurberia Benth. 1881, illegitimate homonym not A. Gray 1854
  • Greenia arkansana Nutt.
  • Limnas arkansana (Nutt.) Trin. ex Steud.
  • Sclerachne arkansana (Nutt.) Torr. ex Trin.
  • Thurberia arkansana (Nutt.) Benth. ex Vasey
  • Cinna arkansana (Nutt.) G.C.Tucker
  • Sclerachne pilosa Trin.
  • Limnas pilosa (Trin.) Steud.
  • Muhlenbergia hirtula Steud.
  • Stipa demissa Steud.
  • Thurberia pilosa (Trin.) Vasey
  • Limnodea arkansana var. pilosa (Trin.) Scribn.

Limnodea (Ozark grass)[4] is a genus of North American plants in the grass family.[1][5][6][7] The only known species is Limnodea arkansana, native to northern Mexico (Coahuila, Tamaulipas) and southeastern + south-central USA (Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida Panhandle, South Carolina).[3][8][9][10][11]

References

  1. 1 2 Nuttall, Thomas. 1835. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series 5(6[1]): 142–143 generic description in Latin, specific description and commentary in English
  2. ↑ International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code) see § 7.3
  3. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ↑ US Department of Agriculture plant profile, Limnodea arkansana (Nutt.) L.H. Dewey, Ozark grass
  5. ↑ Dewey, Lyster Hoxie. 1894. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 2(3): 518 in English
  6. ↑ Bentham, George. 1881. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 19: 58 in English
  7. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  8. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
  9. ↑ Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
  10. ↑ Alabama Plant Atlas
  11. ↑ Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas


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