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Jouvea
Sign in to saveJouvea is a Latin American genus of coastal plants in the grass family. It grows on mud flats and coastal sand dunes from northern Mexico to Ecuador.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderPoales
- FamilyPoaceae
Native toColombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá
Observations recorded1,346
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 16
- With media
- 9
- Family
- Poaceae
- Collections
- TAES, BRIT, COLO, VT
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Nicaragua, United States
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- Jouvea
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- Jouvea
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- topic's main category
- Category:Jouvea
- taxon author citation
- E.Fourn.
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Jouvea is a Latin American genus of coastal plants in the grass family. It grows on mud flats and coastal sand dunes from northern Mexico to Ecuador.
''Jouvea's closest relative in the subfamily Chloridoideae is likely Monanthochloe; both share the characteristic of distichously arranged leaves, and both are dioecious.
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