Contains 4 accepted taxa overall.
Characteristics
Classification
Citation
LUZIOLA Jussieu, Gen. Pl. 33. 1789.
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TYPE: Luziola peruviana J. F. Gmelin
Species
Scientific Name | Common Name | Herbarium Specimens | Status | Photos |
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Luziola bahiensis | BRAZILIAN WATERGRASS | Native OBL (NWPL) | ||
Luziola fluitans | SOUTHERN WATERGRASS | Native OBL (NWPL) OBL (DEP) | ||
Luziola peruviana | PERUVIAN WATERGRASS | Not Native OBL (NWPL) | ||
Luziola subintegra | TROPICAL AMERICAN WATERGRASS | Not Native Y |
Identification Key
1. Culm weak, prostrate or immersed; leaf blades floating or immersed, 1.5-5(8) cm long, the tip rounded to subacute; inflorescences 0.5-2 cm long, 2-5 spikelets, the pistillate one nearly concealed with only the stigma exserted
1. Culm stiff, erect; leaf blades emergent or immersed, 3-30(39) cm long, the tip long-acute to attenuate; inflorescences 1-12 cm long, 8-50 spikelets, mostly exserted
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2. Culm robust 3-10 mm wide; ligules 10-40 mm long; leaf blades 7-20 mm wide
2. Culm slender, 0.5-2 mm wide; ligules 2-6 mm long; leaf blades 0.5-6 mm wide
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3. Pistillate spikelet 3-5 mm long; fruit striate
3. Pistillate spikelet 2-2.5 mm long; fruit smooth
Genus Synonyms
Synonym | Full Citation | Basionym | Type |
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Arrozia | Arrozia Schrader ex Kunth, Enum. Pl. 1: 11. 1833. | TYPE: Arrozia micrantha Schrader ex Kunth, nom. illegit. (Caryochloa brasiliensis Trinius) = Caryochloa Trinius 1826. | |
Caryochloa | Caryochloa Trinius, Gram. Panic. 54, 248. 1826. | TYPE: Caryochloa brasiliensis Trinius | |
Hydrochloa | Hydrochloa Palisot de Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 135, 165, pl. 24(4). 1812. | TYPE: Hydrochloa caroliniensis Palisot de Beauvois (Zizania fluitans Michaux; Hydrochloa fluitans (Michaux) Torrey 1826, non Hartman 1819) |