Limnodea

Ozark grass
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Poodae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Agrostidinae
Genus:
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

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


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