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Genus of grasses

Urochondra
Urochondra setulosa in India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Zoysieae
Subtribe: Zoysiinae
Genus: Urochondra
C.E.Hubb.
Species: U. setulosa
Binomial name
Urochondra setulosa
(Trin.) C.E.Hubb.
Synonyms
  • Vilfa setulosa Trin.
  • Sporobolus setulosus (Trin.) A.Terracc.
  • Crypsis setulosa (Trin.) Mez
  • Heleochloa setulosa (Trin.) Blatt. & McCann
  • Agrostis elatior Steud.
  • Crypsis dura Boiss.
  • Heleochloa dura (Boiss.) Boiss.
  • Heleochloa dura subsp. kuriensis Vierh.
  • Heterochloa dura (Boiss.) Balf.f.

Urochondra is a genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is Urochondra setulosa, native to northeastern Africa (Djibouti, Eritrea, Sudan, Somalia, Socotra) and southwestern Asia (Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen, northwestern India, and Sindh Province in Pakistan). The species grows in coastal sand dunes, salt marshes and estuaries.

References

  1. ^ In: Hooker's Icones Plantarum 35: pl. 3457. 1947. "Name - Urochondra C.E.Hubb". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
  2. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Hubbard, Charles Edward. 1947. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 35: plate 3457
  4. Trinius, Carl Bernhard von. 1840. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg. Sixième Série. Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles. Seconde Partie: Sciences Naturelles 6(2): 55
  5. Tropicos, Urochondra setulosa (Trin.) C.E. Hubb.
  6. The Plant List, Urochondra setulosa (Trin.) C.E.Hubb.
  7. Flora of Pakistan, Urochondra setulosa (Trin.) C.E. Hubbard

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Taxon identifiers
Urochondra
Urochondra setulosa


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