Jouvea

Jouvea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Jouvea
E.Fourn.[1][2]
Type species
J. straminea E.Fourn.[2]
Species
  • Jouvea pilosa Scribn.
  • Jouvea straminea E.Fourn.
List sources :[2][3]

Endemic to the New World, Jouvea is a genus of grass in the Poaceae family. Its two species are distributed from Mexico's Pacific coast to Central America. It grows on mud flats and coastal sand dunes.[2]

Jouvea's closest relative in the Chloridoideae subfamily is likely Monanthochloe; both share the characteristic of distichously arranged leaves, and within species both have their staminate and pistillate flowers on separate plants.[2]

Jouvea was named for the French botanist Joseph Duval-Jouve (1810–1883)[4]

References

  1. ^  The Genus Jouvea was first named and identifed in Bulletin de la Société Royale de Botanique de Belgique xv. (1876) 475.. "Plant Name Details for 'Poaceae Jouvea E.Fourn.". IPNI. http://www.ipni.org:80/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=18300-1. Retrieved May 2, 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c d e Paul M. Peterson, Robert D. Webster, and Jesus Valdes-Reyna (1997). "Genera of New World Eragrostideae (Poaceae: Chloridoideae)". Smithsonian Contributions To Botany No. 87 (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press): p.31; Chpt. 15.. http://si-pddr.si.edu/jspui/bitstream/10088/6182/1/Peterson_1997genera_of_new_world_e.pdf. Retrieved May 2, 2011. 
  3. ^ "Query Results for Genus Jouvea". IPNI. http://www.ipni.org:80/ipni/advPlantNameSearch.do?find_genus=Jouvea&find_rankToReturn=spec&output_format=normal&query_type=by_query&back_page=plantsearch. Retrieved May 2, 2011. 
  4. ^ Michael G. Simpson. "Some Plants of Baja California, Mexico". San Diego, California: San Diego State University. http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/plants/field/baja/plants/Jouvea_pilosa.html. Retrieved May 2, 2011. 

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