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Limnas

Limnas is a genus of Asian plants in the grass family. It is found in northern and central Asia.SpeciesLimnas malyschevii O.D.Nikif. - Krasnoyarsk, Yakutiya Limnas stelleri Trin. - Krasnoyarsk, Yakutiya, Irkutsk, Buryatiya, Khabarovsk Krai Limnas veresczaginii Krylov & Schischk. - Kazakhstanformerly includedLimnas arkansana - Limnodea arkansana Limnas pilosa - Limnodea arkansana

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Limnas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Poodae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Alopecurinae
Genus: Limnas
Trin. 1820 not Ehrh. ex House 1920 (syn of Hammarbya in Orchidaceae)
Type species
Limnas stelleri

Limnas is a genus of Asian plants in the grass family. It is found in northern and central Asia (Russia and Kazakhstan).123

Species4
formerly included4
References

References

  1. Trinius, Carl Bernhard von. 1820. Fundamenta Agrostographiae page 116, plate 6.
  2. Tropicos, Limnas Trin.
  3. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families