Uniola

Sea Oats
Uniola paniculata Sanibel Island, Florida, USA
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Chloridoideae
Tribe:	Eragrostideae
Genus:	Uniola L.[1]
Type species
Uniola paniculata L.[2][3]
Synonyms[4][1]
Nevroctola Raf. Trisiola Raf. Triunila Raf., name not validly published because proposed as provisional name Leptochloopsis H.O.Yates Leptochloöpsis H.O.Yates, alternate spelling

Uniola is a genus of New World plants in the grass family.^[5][6][7]

Species^[4][8][9]

1. Uniola condensata Hitchc. - Ecuador
2. Uniola paniculata L. – Sea Oats - coastal regions in southeastern USA (TX LA MS AL GA FL NC SC VA DE),^[10] Mexico (Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Yucatán Peninsula); Nicaragua, Panamá, Bahamas, Turks & Caicos, Cuba, Hispaniola
3. Uniola peruviana Lægaard & Sánchez Vega - Perú
4. Uniola pittieri Hack. - Mexico, Central America, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador incl Galápagos
5. Uniola virgata (Poir.) Griseb. - West Indies incl Bahamas

Formerly included^[4][9]

• Centotheca lappacea - Uniola lappacea
• Chasmanthium latifolium (Michx.) H.O.Yates (as U. latifolia Michx.)
• Chasmanthium laxum as Uniola laxa, Uniola longifolia
• Chasmanthium sessiliflorum (Poir.) H.O.Yates (as U. sessiliflora Poir.)
• Desmostachya bipinnata (L.) Stapf (as U. bipinnata L.)
• Distichlis palmeri (Vasey) Fassett ex I.M.Johnst. (as U. palmeri Vasey)
• Distichlis spicata var. spicata (as U. spicata L.)
• Distichlis spicata var. stricta (Torr.) Scribn. (as U. stricta Torr.)
• Distichlis distichophylla as Uniola distichophylla
• Eragrostis superba as Uniola jardinii
• Festuca amplissima as Uniola effusa, Uniola muelleri
• Halopyrum mucronatum as Uniola mucronata
• Tribolium uniolae as Uniola capensis

References

1. "Genus: Uniola L.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1999-03-09. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
2. lectotype designated by Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 120. 1929).
3. Tropicos, Uniola L.
4. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
5. Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 71 in Latin
6. Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México D.F..
7. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
8. "Uniola". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
9. "GRIN Species Records of Uniola". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
10. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map

External links

• Media related to Uniola at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Uniola at Wikispecies