Tuctoria

Tuctoria greenei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Chloridoideae
Tribus: Cynodonteae
Subtribus: Orcuttiinae
Genus:
Species: T. fragilis – T. greenei – T. mucronata

Name

  • Tuctoria Reeder, Amer. J. Bot. 69: 1090 (1982)
  • Type species: Tuctoria fragilis (Swallen) Reeder, Amer. J. Bot. 69: 1090 (1982)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Southwestern USA
      • California
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Northwest

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Vernacular names

  • English: Spiralgrass

Vernacular names

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