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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''.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Nardus is referenced by 77 other articles, and connects out to spikelet, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland and United States.
Vinony files it under Monotypic Poaceae genera, Pooideae and Taxonbars with 20–24 taxon IDs.
Its subject is documented across 28 Wikipedia language editions.
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
Show 8 more facts
- 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
Sources (2)
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