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Nardus
Sign in to saveNardus is a genus of plants belonging to the grass family, containing the single species Nardus stricta, known as matgrass. It is placed in its own tribe Nardeae within the subfamily Pooideae. The name derives from ancient Greek '' () from the earlier Akkadian lardu. It is not to be confused with spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi''.
Species
Matgrass
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderPoales
- FamilyPoaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 28
- With media
- 28
- Family
- Poaceae
- Collections
- NHMUK, DBG, LD, VT, BALT, MNHN
- Recorded in
- United Kingdom, Italy, Austria, France, Spain, Greenland, Ireland, Finland
Wikidata facts
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- taxon name
- Nardus
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Nardus
- taxonomic type
- Nardus stricta
- topic's main category
- Category:Nardus
- taxon common name
- matgrass
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Distribution and ecology
- Description
- References
- External links
Nardus is a genus of plants belonging to the grass family, containing the single species Nardus stricta, known as matgrass. It is placed in its own tribe Nardeae within the subfamily Pooideae. The name derives from ancient Greek '' () from the earlier Akkadian lardu. It is not to be confused with spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi.
==Distribution and ecology== Nardus stricta is native to Eurasia (from Iceland and the Azores to Mongolia), North Africa (Algeria, Morocco), and northeastern North America (Greenland, eastern Canada, and the northeastern United States).
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