Uniola
Encyclopedia
Uniola is a genus of grass
es in the Poaceae
family.
Grass
Grasses, or more technically graminoids, are monocotyledonous, usually herbaceous plants with narrow leaves growing from the base. They include the "true grasses", of the Poaceae family, as well as the sedges and the rushes . The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns ...
es in the Poaceae
Poaceae
The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...
family.
Selected species
- Uniola condensataUniola condensataUniola condensata is a species of grass in the Poaceae family.It is found only in Ecuador.-References:* Laegaard, S. & Pitman, N. 2004. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....
Hitchc.A. S. HitchcockAlbert Spear Hitchcock was an important American botanist and agrostologist. Specializing in grasses, he was the chief botanist for the USDA from 1928 until his death. He authored over 250 works during his lifetime.... - Uniola paniculata L. – Sea Oats
- Uniola peruviana Lægaard & Sánchez Vega
- Uniola pittieri Hack.Eduard HackelEduard Hackel was an Austrian botanist. His father was a veterinary in Haida. He was married and had one son....
- Uniola virgata (Poir.Jean Louis Marie PoiretJean Louis Marie Poiret was a French clergyman, botanist and explorer.From 1785 to 1786 he was sent by Louis XVI to Algeria to study the flora...
) Griseb.August GrisebachAugust Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach was a German botanist and phytogeographer. Born in Hannover on April 17, 1814, he died at Göttingen on May 9, 1879.- Biography :...
Formerly placed here
- Chasmanthium latifoliumChasmanthium latifoliumChasmanthium latifolium, known as Woodoats, Inland sea oats, Northern sea oats, and River oats is a grass native to the southeastern United States and northeastern Mexico; it grows as far north as Pennsylvania and Michigan, where it is a threatened species...
(Michx.) H.O.Yates (as U. latifolia Michx.) - Chasmanthium sessiliflorum (Poir.) H.O.Yates (as U. sessiliflora Poir.)
- Desmostachya bipinnataDesmostachya bipinnataDesmostachya bipinnata, commonly known in English by the names Halfa grass, Big cordgrass, and Salt reed-grass, is an Old World perennial grass, long known and used in human history...
(L.) Stapf (as U. bipinnata L.) - Distichlis palmeriDistichlis palmeriDistichlis palmeri , or nipa grass, is a saltgrass of the family Poaceae, grows in the Sonoran desert of Western Mexico, and produces a grain with some similarities to wheat. Originally a major food source of the Cocopah tribe in the western United States, it was thought to be extinct...
(Vasey) Fassett ex I.M.Johnst. (as U. palmeri Vasey) - Distichlis spicata var. spicata (as U. spicata L.)
- Distichlis spicata var. stricta (Torr.) Scribn. (as U. stricta Torr.)