Uniola

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Chloridoideae
Tribus: Eragrostideae
Subtribus: Unioliinae
Genus: Uniola
Species: U. condensata – U. paniculata – U. peruviana – U. pittieri – U. virgata
Name

Uniola L., Sp. Pl.: 71 (1753)
Type species: Uniola paniculata L., Sp. Pl.: 71 (1753)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Trisiola Raf., Fl. Ludov.: 144 (1817).
Nevroctola Raf., Neogenyton: 4 (1825), nom. superfl.
Leptochloopsis H.O.Yates, S. W. Naturalist 11: 382 (1966).

References

Linneaus, C. von (1753) Species Plantarum 1: 71.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Uniola in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 20. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Uniola. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 20.
Tropicos.org 2013. Uniola. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 20.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Uniola. Published online. Accessed: 20 Nov. 2013.

Uniola is a genus of New World plants in the grass family.[5][6][7]

Species[4][8][9]

Uniola condensata Hitchc. - Ecuador
Uniola paniculata L. – sea oats - coastal regions in southeastern United States (TX LA MS AL GA FL NC SC VA DE),[10] Mexico (Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Yucatán Peninsula); Nicaragua, Panama, Bahamas, Turks & Caicos, Cuba, Hispaniola
Uniola peruviana Lægaard & Sánchez Vega - Perú
Uniola pittieri Hack. - Mexico, Central America, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador incl Galápagos
Uniola virgata (Poir.) Griseb. - West Indies incl Bahamas

Formerly included[4][9]

Centotheca lappacea - Uniola lappacea
Chasmanthium latifolium (Michx.) H.O.Yates (as U. latifolia Michx.)
Chasmanthium laxum as Uniola laxa, Uniola longifolia
Chasmanthium sessiliflorum (Poir.) H.O.Yates (as U. sessiliflora Poir.)
Desmostachya bipinnata (L.) Stapf (as U. bipinnata L.)
Distichlis palmeri (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.)
Distichlis distichophylla as Uniola distichophylla
Eragrostis superba as Uniola jardinii
Festuca amplissima as Uniola effusa, Uniola muelleri
Halopyrum mucronatum as Uniola mucronata
Tribolium uniolae as Uniola capensis

References

"Genus: Uniola L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1999-03-09. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
lectotype designated by Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 120. 1929).
Tropicos, Uniola L.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 71 in Latin
Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México D.F..
Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
"Uniola". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
"GRIN Species Records of Uniola". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map