Luziola

Luziola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Luziola
Juss.
Synonyms[1]
  • Hydrochloa P.Beauv.
  • Caryochloa Trin.
  • Arrozia Schrad. ex Kunth

Luziola (watergrass)[2] is a genus of New World in the grass family, native to North and South America including the West Indies.[3][4][5]

Species[1][6]
  1. Luziola bahiensis (Steud.) Hitchc. - South America (Colombia to Argentina), Greater Antilles, Central America, USA (FL AL MS)
  2. Luziola brasiliana Moric. - Venezuela (Portuguesa, Apure, Bolívar, Barinas, Guárico), Brazil (Piauí, Bahia)
  3. Luziola brasiliensis (Trin.) Swallen - Venezuela (Guárico), Brazil (Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Norte)
  4. Luziola caespitosa Swallen - Brazil (Bahia)
  5. Luziola divergens Swallen - Minas Gerais
  6. Luziola fluitans (Michx.) Terrell & H.Rob. - Mexico, Guatemala, USA (TX LA AR MS AL GA FL NC SC)
  7. Luziola fragilis Swallen - Costa Rica, Venezuela (Guárico), Bolivia (Beni), Brazil (Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Paraná)
  8. Luziola gracillima Prodoehl - Mexico, Paraguay, Argentina
  9. Luziola peruviana J.F.Gmel. - Cuba; Latin America from Mexico to Uruguay; naturalized in United States (TX LA FL)
  10. Luziola spruceana Benth. ex Döll - Honduras, Trinidad, Brazil, Paraguay
  11. Luziola subintegra Swallen - from Mexico + Greater Antilles to Paraguay; naturalized in Florida

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ "Luziola". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Jussieu, Antoine Laurent de. 1789. Genera Plantarum page 33 in Latin
  4. ↑ Tropicos, Luziola Juss.
  5. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  6. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps


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