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Uniola

Uniola is a genus of New World plants in the grass family.SpeciesUniola condensata Hitchc. - Ecuador Uniola paniculata L. – sea oats - coastal regions in southeastern United States, Mexico ; Nicaragua, Panama, Bahamas, Turks & Caicos, Cuba, Hispaniola Uniola peruviana Lægaard & Sánchez Vega - Peru Uniola pittieri Hack. - Mexico, Central America, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador incl Galápagos Uniola virgata (Poir.) Griseb. - West Indies incl. BahamasFormerly included

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Length
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Citations
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Source
Sea oats
Uniola paniculata
Sanibel Island, Florida, United States
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Eragrostideae
Subtribe: Unioliinae
Genus: Uniola
L.1
Type species
Uniola paniculata
Synonyms14
  • Leptochloopsis H.O.Yates
  • Leptochloöpsis H.O.Yates, alternate spelling
  • Nevroctola Raf.
  • Trisiola Raf.
  • Triunila Raf., name not validly published because proposed as provisional name

Uniola is a genus of New World plants in the grass family.567

Species489
Formerly included49
References

References

  1. "Genus: Uniola L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1999-03-09. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
  2. lectotype designated by Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 120. 1929).
  3. Tropicos, Uniola L.
  4. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 71 in Latin
  6. Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México D.F.
  7. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  8. "Uniola". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
  9. "GRIN Species Records of Uniola". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
  10. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
External links
  • Media related to Uniola at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Uniola at Wikispecies