Urochondra
| Urochondra | |
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| Urochondra setulosa in India | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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.[1] |
| Species: | U. setulosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Urochondra setulosa | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Urochondra is a genus of plants in the grass family.[3][4][5] 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).[2][6] The species grows in coastal sand dunes, salt marshes and estuaries.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Hubbard, Charles Edward. 1947. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 35: plate 3457
- ^ 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
- ^ Tropicos, Urochondra setulosa (Trin.) C.E. Hubb.
- ^ The Plant List, Urochondra setulosa (Trin.) C.E.Hubb.
- ^ Flora of Pakistan, Urochondra setulosa (Trin.) C.E. Hubbard
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