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Genus of flowering plants
Ozark grass
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade :
Tracheophytes
Clade :
Angiosperms
Clade :
Monocots
Clade :
Commelinids
Order:
Poales
Family:
Poaceae
Subfamily:
Pooideae
Supertribe:
Poodae
Tribe:
Poeae
Subtribe:
Agrostidinae
Genus:
Limnodea
L.H.Dewey
Species:
L. arkanasana
Binomial name
Limnodea arkanasana
Synonyms
[1]
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 , 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]
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
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a
b
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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US Department of Agriculture plant profile, Limnodea arkansana (Nutt.) L.H. Dewey, Ozark grass
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a
b
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
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Dewey, Lyster Hoxie. 1894. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 2(3): 518 in English
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Bentham, George. 1881. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 19: 58 in English
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Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
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International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code) see § 7.3
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Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
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Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
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Alabama Plant Atlas
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Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas
External links
Limnodea Limnodea arkansana