Urochondra

<i>Urochondra</i>

Urochondra

Genus of grasses


Urochondra is a genus of plants in the grass family.[3][4][5] The only known species is Urochondra setulosa, native to northeastern Africa (Djibouti, Eritrea, Sudan, Somalia, Socotra) and southwestern Asia (Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen, northwestern India, and Sindh Province in Pakistan).[2][6] The species grows in coastal sand dunes, salt marshes and estuaries.[7]

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References

  1. In: Hooker's Icones Plantarum 35: pl. 3457. 1947. "Name - Urochondra C.E.Hubb". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
  2. Hubbard, Charles Edward. 1947. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 35: plate 3457
  3. Trinius, Carl Bernhard von. 1840. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg. Sixième Série. Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles. Seconde Partie: Sciences Naturelles 6(2): 55



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