Jouvea
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 | |
|---|---|
| Jouvea pilosa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
| Tribe: | Cynodonteae |
| Genus: | Jouvea E.Fourn. |
| Type species | |
| Jouvea straminea | |
| Synonyms | |
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Jouvea's closest relative in the subfamily Chloridoideae is likely Monanthochloe; both share the characteristic of distichously arranged leaves, and both are dioecious.
Jouvea was named for the French botanist Joseph Duval-Jouve (1810–1883)
- Species
- Jouvea pilosa (J.Presl) Scribn. - Central America (Guatemala to Nicaragua), Mexico (Tamaulipas, Baja California Sur, Sonora, Sinaloa, Jalisco, Nayarit, Guerrero, Michoacán, Colima, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Yucatán)
- Jouvea straminea E.Fourn. - Ecuador, Colombia, Central America (Guatemala to Panamá), Mexico (Socorro Island, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Michoacán, Guerrero, Jalisco, Sinaloa, Nayarit)
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