Biology:Limnas

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Short description: Genus of grasses

Limnas
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Poodae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Alopecurinae
Genus: Limnas
Trin. 1820 not Ehrh. ex House 1920 (syn of Hammarbya in Orchidaceae)
Type species
Limnas stelleri
Trin.

Limnas is a genus of Asian plants in the grass family. It is found in northern and central Asia (Russia and Kazakhstan).[1][2][3]

Species[4]
  • Limnas malyschevii O.D.Nikif. - Krasnoyarsk, Yakutiya
  • Limnas stelleri Trin. - Krasnoyarsk, Yakutiya, Irkutsk, Buryatiya, Khabarovsk Krai
  • Limnas veresczaginii Krylov & Schischk. - Kazakhstan
formerly included[4]

References

  1. Trinius, Carl Bernhard von. 1820. Fundamenta Agrostographiae page 116, plate 6.
  2. Tropicos, Limnas Trin.
  3. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. 4.0 4.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

Wikidata ☰ Q3752813 entry