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Uniola
Genus of grasses
Uniola is a genus of New World plants in the grass family.
- Species
- Uniola condensata Hitchc. - Ecuador
- Uniola paniculata L. , sea oats - coastal regions in southeastern United States (TX LA MS AL GA FL NC SC VA DE), Mexico (Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Yucatán Peninsula); Nicaragua, Panama, Bahamas, Turks & Caicos, Cuba, Hispaniola
- Uniola peruviana Lægaard & Sánchez Vega - Peru
- Uniola pittieri Hack. - Mexico, Central America, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador incl Galápagos
- Uniola virgata (Poir.) Griseb. - West Indies incl. Bahamas
- Formerly included
- Centotheca lappacea - Uniola lappacea
- Chasmanthium latifolium (Michx.) H.O.Yates (as U. latifolia Michx.)
- Chasmanthium laxum as Uniola laxa, Uniola longifolia
- Chasmanthium sessiliflorum (Poir.) H.O.Yates (as U. sessiliflora Poir.)
- Desmostachya bipinnata (L.) Stapf (as U. bipinnata L.)
- Distichlis palmeri (Vasey) Fassett ex I.M.Johnst. (as U. palmeri Vasey)
- Distichlis spicata var. spicata (as U. spicata L.)
- Distichlis spicata var. stricta (Torr.) Scribn. (as U. stricta Torr.)
- Distichlis distichophylla as Uniola distichophylla
- Eragrostis superba as Uniola jardinii
- Festuca amplissima as Uniola effusa, Uniola muelleri
- Halopyrum mucronatum as Uniola mucronata
- Tribolium uniolae as Uniola capensis
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- Uniola paniculata (plume).jpg by Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0
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