Limnodea

<i>Limnodea</i>

Limnodea

Genus of flowering plants

Limnodea, with the common name Ozark grass,[2] is a genus of North American plants in the grass family.[3][4][5][6] The type species is Greenia arkansana Nutt..[3][7]

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The only known species of the annual bunchgrass is Limnodea arkansana.

Distribution

Limnodea arkansana is native to northeastern Mexico in Coahuila and Tamaulipas states; and to the South-Central/Midwestern and Southeastern United States, in Arkansas (including the Ozarks), Oklahoma, East Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, and the Florida Panhandle.[1][8][9][10][11]

It grows in dry and usually sandy soils, in prairie, open woodland, and river bank habitats; and in disturbed areas. Along the Gulf Coast, it is found on upper beaches where shells accumulate, and on maritime shell mounds and middens.

References

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


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