Luziola
| Luziola | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Luziola Juss. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Luziola (watergrass)[2] is a genus of New World in the grass family, native to North and South America including the West Indies.[3][4][5]
- Luziola bahiensis (Steud.) Hitchc. - South America (Colombia to Argentina), Greater Antilles, Central America, USA (FL AL MS)
- Luziola brasiliana Moric. - Venezuela (Portuguesa, Apure, Bolívar, Barinas, Guárico), Brazil (Piauí, Bahia)
- Luziola brasiliensis (Trin.) Swallen - Venezuela (Guárico), Brazil (Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Norte)
- Luziola caespitosa Swallen - Brazil (Bahia)
- Luziola divergens Swallen - Minas Gerais
- Luziola fluitans (Michx.) Terrell & H.Rob. - Mexico, Guatemala, USA (TX LA AR MS AL GA FL NC SC)
- Luziola fragilis Swallen - Costa Rica, Venezuela (Guárico), Bolivia (Beni), Brazil (Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Paraná)
- Luziola gracillima Prodoehl - Mexico, Paraguay, Argentina
- Luziola peruviana J.F.Gmel. - Cuba; Latin America from Mexico to Uruguay; naturalized in USA (TX LA FL)
- Luziola spruceana Benth. ex Döll - Honduras, Trinidad, Brazil, Paraguay
- Luziola subintegra Swallen - from Mexico + Greater Antilles to Paraguay; naturalized in Florida
References
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ "Luziola". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ↑ Jussieu, Antoine Laurent de. 1789. Genera Plantarum page 33 in Latin
- ↑ Tropicos, Luziola Juss.
- ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
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